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  2. Texas City Dike - Wikipedia

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    Sunset image taken from Texas City Dike. The Texas City Dike is a levee located in Texas City, Texas, United States that projects nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east into the mouth of Galveston Bay. [1] It is flanked by the north-eastern tip of Galveston Island and the south-western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula. The dike, one of the area's most ...

  3. OpenHistoricalMap - Wikipedia

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    The OpenHistoricalMap domain name was purchased in 2009, [10] and an initial fork of the OpenStreetMap website software was deployed there in 2013. [3] [11]In 2015, the similarly named OpenHistoryMap project was founded to promote sharing of archaeological and historical data according to an open access model.

  4. List of shrines - Wikipedia

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    National Chrine of Saint Thomas, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. [2]Basilica of Bom Jesus, Goa Velha, Goa; Sanctuary of Our Lady of Velankanni; Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, Bandra, Mumbai

  5. Texas City, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Map of Texas City. Texas City is 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Galveston and 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 186.58 square miles (483.24 km 2), of which 66.27 square miles (171.64 km 2) is land and 120.31 square miles (311.60 km 2), or 67.61%, is covered by water. [1]

  6. Ximenes Chapel - Wikipedia

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    Ximenes Chapel (Chapel of the Miracles) is a historic chapel at 113 Ruiz Street in San Antonio, Texas. The chapel has long been an important gathering place for San Antonio's Mexican-American and Hispanic Catholic population. [2] The chapel was rebuilt in the 1920s to replace the original chapel from 1813, which had been destroyed in a fire.

  7. Sri Meenakshi Temple (Pearland, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    The temple's main shrine is dedicated to Meenakshi, Sundareswarar, Venkateshwara (a form of Vishnu), and Lakshmi. Other shrines within the temple complex are dedicated to Ganesha, Murugan, Valli, Deivanai, Rama, Ayyappan, Durga, Nandi, and Garuda. In addition to the main shrine, the temple has four additional corner shrines – one at each corner.

  8. Alexander Island (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Island is an island in the Houston Ship Channel in Harris County, Texas.It is located near Baytown and La Porte and is viewable on the Fred Hartman Bridge. [1]In September 2013, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount $1,369,515.74 to Integris Projects for dewatering of the Alexander Island Placement Area relating to the Houston Ship ...

  9. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway - Wikipedia

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    The Corps of Engineers marks the Intracoastal with channel markers like this one. Locations along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway are defined in terms of statute miles (as opposed to nautical miles , in which most marine routes are measured) east and west of Harvey Lock, a navigation lock in the New Orleans area located at 29°54′32″N 90°05 ...