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During World War II, the area south of Market to the Ship Channel, and what is now DeZavala St. to the tollway, was part of the U.S. Army San Jacinto Ordnance Depot. In 1990, an explosion occurred at the ARCO petrochemical plant in Channelview that killed 17 people and injured five others. In 1991, Channelview was the site of a notable murder plot.
Aransas Pass Light Station: Aransas Pass Light Station: August 3, 1977 : N of Port Aransas on Harbor Island: Port Aransas: Brick lighthouse built in 1857 2: Bracht House: Bracht House: October 11, 2023 : 902 East Cornwall St.
Port Aransas (/ ə ˈ r æ n z ə s / ə-RAN-zəs) [4] is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States. This city is 180 miles southeast of San Antonio. The population was 2,904 at the 2020 census. Port Aransas is the only established town on Mustang Island. It is located north of Padre Island and is one of the longest barrier islands along ...
The lighthouse is the second oldest on the Texas coast and the oldest surviving structure in the Aransas Pass-Corpus Christi area. [3] When the Aransas Pass shifted, the light station was not needed and a new light was installed on Port Aransas. The Light was extinguished and the property delisted in 1952, and the property considered surplus.
This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: 2 victims ID'd after deadly boating crash in Port Aransas Ship Channel. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.
Aransas Pass was originally pictured as becoming a major Texas hub of commerce and travel with rail links to the harbor and harbor links by ships to Mexico, New York and other destinations. Today, Aransas Pass is the major pass for all oceangoing traffic into and out of the port of Corpus Christi .
A map showing Aransas Bay, Aransas Pass, and Port Aransas The beach along Port Aransas, Texas. Aransas (/ ə ˈ r æ n z ə s / ə-RAN-zəs) is a placename for several neighboring places in coastal Southern Texas. Aransas County, Texas; The Aransas River, which begins in Bee County, Texas, and flows into Copano Bay in Aransas County
San Antonio Bay is a bay on the Texas Gulf Coast situated between Matagorda and Aransas Bay.It consists mainly of the combined waters of the San Antonio and Guadalupe rivers, and is located at the mouth of the Guadalupe River, about 55 miles (89 km) northeast of Corpus Christi and 130 miles (209 km) southeast of San Antonio.