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  2. Houston Ship Channel - Wikipedia

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    The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. [1] The channel is the conduit for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico , and it serves an increasing volume of inland barge traffic.

  3. Port of Houston - Wikipedia

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    Lifting towers at the port of Houston in the late 19th or early 20th century. The original Port of Houston was located at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou in downtown Houston by the University of Houston–Downtown. This area is called "Allen's Landing" and is now a park. [7] It is the birthplace of the City of Houston.

  4. Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal - Wikipedia

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    Intersection of MRGO (to right) with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, as seen from I-510 Bridge Tugboat and barge in MRGO at Shell Beach, St. Bernard Parish. With the completion of MRGO in 1965, the Port of New Orleans advanced a plan to largely abandon its wharfs along the Mississippi River and relocate its activities to the inner harbor created by the Industrial Canal, the Intracoastal ...

  5. Barbours Cut Terminal - Wikipedia

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    Part of the larger Port of Houston complex, Barbours Cut is the largest of the terminals and the first port in Texas to handle standardized cargo containers. The terminal has six berths with 6,000 feet (1,800 m) of continuous wharfs. The loading area covers 230 acres (93 ha), with 255,000 square feet (23,700 m 2) of warehouse/storage space. The ...

  6. List of ports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    North American container ports. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. [1] Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods.

  7. This is what the Port of Houston looked like 50 years ago - AOL

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    Recently discovered film from ABC13's archive show's what the Port of Houston looked like when they celebrated their 50th birthday in 1967.

  8. Transportation in Houston - Wikipedia

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    Map Showing Lines of the Houston Electric Company c 1907 METRORail along the Main Street Corridor in Downtown A METRO bus driving through the University of Houston campus on Cullen Boulevard. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas , or METRO, provides public transportation in the form of buses, trolleys, and lift vans.

  9. Sidney Sherman Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Sidney Sherman Bridge is a strutted girder bridge in Houston, Texas. It spans the Houston Ship Channel (Buffalo Bayou) and carries the East Loop segment of Interstate 610 on the east side of the city. It is more popularly known as the 610 Bridge or Ship Channel Bridge.

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