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2. Houston Ship Channel - Wikipedia

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   Houston Ship Channel. Coordinates: 29°42′30″N 95°00′18″W. The Buffalo Bayou portion of the Houston Ship Channel. 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 ...

3. Houston Yacht Club - Wikipedia

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   Founded. 1897. Location. 3620 Miramar Drive, Shoreacres, TX 77571 United States. Website. www .houstonyachtclub .com. The Houston Yacht Club is the oldest yacht club in Texas. [1] In LaPorte, near Houston, [2] it is a member of the Gulf Yachting Association .

4. Clear Lake (region) - Wikipedia

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   Clear Lake, or the Clear Lake Area, is a region in parts of Harris and Galveston County in Texas, United States. It is part of the Galveston Bay Area, which itself is a section of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. [2][3] The area is geographically characterized by the bodies of water in it and around it, including ...

5. Lake Houston - Wikipedia

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   11,854 acres (4,797 ha) Max. depth. 45 ft (14 m) Water volume. 160,000 acre⋅ft (0.20 km 3) [1] Surface elevation. 44 ft (13 m) Lake Houston is a reservoir on the San Jacinto River, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The reservoir is the primary municipal water supply for the city of Houston.

6. Fishing vessel - Wikipedia

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   A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps / prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the sea, lake or river. Humans have used different kinds of surface vessels in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing.

7. Fireboats in Houston - Wikipedia

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   The Port Houston, completed in 1926, was the first fireboat in Houston. [1] She was retired, in 1950, when she was replaced by the Captain Crotty. In 1971 the Texas legislature added new responsibilities to the Port Authority, which acquired an additional vessel, in 1973, the Captain W.L Farnsworth. In 1983 the Captain Crotty was retired when ...