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The Story of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel

Description: This booklet gives an overview of the history of Buffalo Bayou and of the Houston Ship Channel from 1820-1926. The text gives background on how the area became developed and eventually became an "Industrial Waterway of National importance" (p. [3]). The second half of the text focuses on Commodore Charles Morgan and the shipping aspect of the Channel. Costs of building, lists of important council members, and text of letters are included to illustrate the history.
Date: 1926
Creator: Farrar, R. M.
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[News Script: Trinity Canal hearing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a public hearing held at the Hotel Texas in Forth Worth regarding the Trinity River Improvement Plan; The $712,000,000 project will provide flood control and make the river navigable from Fort Worth to the Gulf of Mexico says Colonel R.P. West, district army engineer. Over 1,000 people attend, with almost universal approval, including from Congressman Jim Wright, Congressman John Dowdy of Athens, Fort Worth o… more
Date: December 20, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[Handelskade view from Queen Emma Bridge]

Description: Photograph of a row of buildings on a street named Handelskade. This photograph was taken from a view while standing on the Queen Emma Bridge. The brightly painted 18th-century buildings line the St. Anna Bay and are perpendicular to the Queen Emma Bridge. Automobiles can be seen parked along the beach as well as a few boats in the bay.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
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Location: 12.106275 -68.933953
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[Queen Emma Bridge]

Description: Photograph of people walking across the Queen Emma Bridge in Willemstad, Curaçao. In the background, multiple buildings and a large ship are visible. The Queen Emma Bridge is a pontoon bridge that crosses the St. Anna Bay.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 12.106196 -68.935332
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[Album page with two photos "river boats"]

Description: Photograph of an early family album page with two photographs of different members of the Cuellar family. The top of the front page has a photograph of trajineras, flat-bottom river boats, on an unidentified canal. The bottom photograph shows trajineras, the canal, and trees from a farther perspective. Location is most likely Xochimilco, Mexico.
Date: 19XX
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[News Clip: Panama]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 9, 1989, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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