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Seats for Forklifts Baton Rouge
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 Seats for Forklifts Baton Rouge - The city of Baton Rouge is the State Capital of Louisiana. It is the 2nd largest city within the state of Louisiana and is located within East Baton Rouge Parish. The city of baton Rouge is recognized as a medical, industrial, research and petrochemical center in the American South. The Port of Baton Rouge is the farthest upstream Mississippi River port which is able to effectively manage Panamax ships. Furthermore the Port of Baton Rouge is the 9th largest port in the United States when it comes to tonnage shipped.
The region of Baton Rouge is known as the "Capital Area." It is located within the southeast area of Louisiana along the Mississippi River. The town owes its historical importance to its site situated at Istrouma Bluff. This is the first bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta. It serves the community by protecting the residents of the city from hurricanes, flooding and other natural emergencies from nature. Baton Rouge City likewise has built a levee system in addition to this natural barrier. This levee system protects the low-lying agricultural regions and the riverfront as it stretches southward.
Baton Rouge has a population of 229,553 as of the 2010 census. The metropolitan area, called Greater Baton Rouge, has a population of about 802,500 people as of 2010.
The history of the city of Baton Rouge can be traced back to the year 1699. The European-American history started when a French explorer, Sieur d'lberville was leading an exploration party up the Mississippi River. He noticed a reddish colored cypress pole that was covered with bloody animals, serving to mark the boundary between the Houma and Bayou Goula hunting grounds. They referred to site and the pole "le bāton rouge," which means "the red stick."
The site had been named "Istrouma" by the local Native Americans. Proof has been located along the Amite, Comite and Mississippi rivers as well as in 3 Native American mounds that remain in the city of Baton Rouge. Archaeologists have been able to determine indigenous habitation of the region to 8000 BC. These mounds were built in the Middle Archaic period by gatherer-hunter societies perhaps as early as 4500 BC that is long before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Petrochemical production and manufacturing is the biggest business within the city of Baton Rouge. The Exxon Mobil facility located in Baton Rouge is the country's 2nd biggest oil refinery and among the world's biggest. There is an abundance of deep water, pipeline, and highway and rail access in Baton Rouge as well.
The Dow Chemical Company has a large plant near Plaquemine in Iberville Parish and Albemarle likewise has their head office in the city of Baton Rouge. Within North Baton Rouge, the NanYa Technology Corporation has a huge facility making CPVC and PVC pipes. Different companies like for example Harmony, Turner and Shaw Construction all started by doing construction work at these facilities.
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