连云港位于江苏省东北角,陇海铁路的最东端。19世纪开始有人定居,后来逐渐形成一个名叫老窑的小渔村。1932年陇海铁路修到原终点新浦北侧的大浦码头后,因临洪河排淤堵塞航道,千吨以上船只无法靠岸,故在老窑修建新港,1936年新港建成后又将陇海铁路终点延伸至此。因老窑面对东西连岛,背靠云台山,所以取两个地名的首字将新港命名为连云港。当时该港的大码 Lianyungang is located in the northeast corner of Jiangsu Province, the most eastern Longhai Railway. Nineteenth Century began to settle, and later gradually formed a small village called the old kiln. 1932 Longhai Railway repair to the original destination on the north side of Pu Xin Pu on the north side of the pier, because of the flood blocking the flood waters, more than one thousand tons of ships can not dock, so the old kiln to build a new port, built in 1936, after the completion of the New Port will Longhai The railway terminal extends to this point. Because of the old kiln facing the East Island, backed by Yuntaishan, so take the first two names will Newport named Lianyungang. The large size of the port at the time