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A portage railway is a short and possibly isolated section of railway used to bypass a section of unnavigable river or between two water bodies which are not directly connected. A portage railway is the opposite of a train ferry. For the Gentoo Linux package manager, see Portage (software). ...
A body of water, such as a river, canal or lake, is navigable if it is deep and wide enough for a vessel to pass and there are no obstructions, like rocks, trees and low bridges. ...
A loaded train ferry approaching the dock in Detroit, Michigan, April 1943. ...
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The following are or were locations of portage railways:
Australia - the first railway in Queensland started at the inland river port of Ipswich rather than the capital of Brisbane to save money. Twenty years later, the line was extended to Brisbane.
Victor Harbor is a city on the coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, Australia. ...
Goolwa (35°30′ S 138°46′ E, population approx 2400) is an historic river port on the River Murray near the Murray Mouth in South Australia, and joined by a bridge to Hindmarsh Island. ...
The Murray River, or River Murray, is Australias second-longest river in its own right (the longest being its tributary the Darling). ...
Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd) - Product per capita $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of November 2006) - Population 4,164,590 (3rd) - Density 2. ...
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Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia. ...
Robertson is a Scottish clan, Clan Robertson. ...
Echuca in Victoria (Australia) is a town of about 10,000 people lying on the Murray River (Moama is on the northern side in NSW). ...
Bourke is a town and Local Government Area in the north of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Morgan is both a given name and a surname, as well as the name of many places. ...
Brewarrina () is a small town of around 2000 people. ...
Congo The Congo River (for a time known as Zaire River) is the largest river in Western Central Africa. ...
The suburbs of Matadi Matadi is a port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of the province Bas-Congo. ...
Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville or, before 1960, also Leopoldstad) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
Pointe-Noire is a port city in the Republic of the Congo. ...
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Ubundu is a city located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
Kisangani, formerly Stanleyville, (population 500,000) is a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. ...
Greece The Corinth Canal The Corinth Canal is a canal connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. ...
Laos View of the Mekong before the sunset The Mekong is one of the worlds major rivers. ...
Panama The Panama Railway or Panama Railroad was the worlds first transcontinental railroad. ...
United Kingdom The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in narrow gauge railway in Kintyre, Scotland, between the towns of Campbeltown and Machrihanish. ...
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