荆楚多江河湖泊,水陆交通历来发达。拥有3500多年文明传承和积淀的大武汉,据《湖北水运史》记载,早在清乾隆年间就修建有汉口天宝巷石级码头。汉口开埠后,一时间,各类外国洋行纷纷建立,沿江一带深水港域几乎全为外商码头占据,汉口码头的年货物吞吐量仅次于上海,水陆航线可以到达世界多个国家,“东方芝加哥”的名号也从那时 Jing Chu rivers and lakes, water and land transportation has always been developed. With more than 3500 years of civilization and heritage of large Wuhan, according to “history of water transport in Hubei Province” records, as early as the Qing Emperor Qianlong years to build a Hankou Tianbao Lane stone class terminal. After the opening of Hankou, foreign founders of all kinds were set up in succession. Nearly all foreign ports occupied by deep-water port areas along the Yangtze River were second only to Shanghai in terms of cargo throughput of Hankou Wharf, and the land and water routes could reach many countries in the world. Oriental Chicago "name also from then on