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The Port of Victoria is a shallow-draft port in Victoria, Texas (United States). It was opened in 1968 by creation of a 35-mile barge canal (dredged to a depth of 9 feet) linking Victoria, Texas to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW). (Coincidentally, it was Victoria that held the first meeting in 1905 which led to the creation of the GIWW, a ...
The community was named for the clear waters in the nearby Cypress Creek. White settlers arrived in the 1860s, but the community itself did not appear until the next decade. There was a sawmill, a gin, a store, and a church in the community in the 1930s. Its population was 25 in 1933, which grew to 50 by 1945.
Port of Victoria (Texas) This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 09:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
In 2023, Texas lawmakers attempted to address the growing problem by passing House Bill 4256, which created the Leaking Water Wells Grant Program under the Texas Commission on Environmental ...
In Texas, there are 98 of these districts, covering nearly 70% of the state, according to the Texas Water Development Board. The Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District has the following ...
Victoria is a regional transportation hub for the surrounding counties, with local access to major large and small freight carriers, Victoria Regional Airport, railway terminals, the shallow draft Port of Victoria and the deep water Port of Port Lavaca – Point Comfort. In 2002, Victoria Transit began operation of a citywide transportation system.
Port Botany (Sydney) — containers; Port Kembla — coal, wheat, cars; Melbourne; Geelong; Portland, Victoria; Adelaide Outer Harbor — deepened to Post-Panamax in 2006; Port Giles; Port Bonython, Capesize — oil, LPG, diesel and proposed iron ore pending approval and construction of second jetty [24]
The sand on Hilton Head Island is bright white, blissfully soft, and very fine, and the water is shallow, especially at low tide. Both of these qualities can make the water appear sparkling blue ...