A business district also began to develop along the transportation corridor.

Despite the movement away from using the waterway for shipping, its role as a transportation corridor continued to evolve through the late 19th-century.

One of their recommendations was the creation of a public energy transportation corridor.

However, the city's merchants relocated when the railroad survey was completed to have better access to the new transportation corridor.

Up until that time, the river had been an important water transportation corridor.