oilfield equipment, Houston has the second-most Fortune 500 headquarters of any U.S. municipality within its city limits. The Port of Houston ranks first in...
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Pipeline. The largest ports include the Port of South Louisiana, a vast sprawling port centered in the New Orleans area, Houston, Port of New York/New Jersey...
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The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. The channel is the conduit for...
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the city limits. Harrisburg is in Houston City Council District I. This district also includes the Port of Houston, East Downtown, and Clinton Park. The...
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George Bush Intercontinental Airport (redirect from Houston Intercontinental Airport)
international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Initially named Houston Intercontinental Airport...
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Jack Brooks Regional Airport (redirect from Beaumont-Port Arthur airport)
airlines serving Beaumont/Port Arthur included Metro Airlines with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters and Short 330s nonstop to Houston (IAH) and Short 330s...
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(1968). The Port of Houston: A History. Austin: University of Texas Press. WPA Writers Group (1946). Houston: A History and Guide. Houston: Anson Jones...
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county seat of Texas County. Houston was founded in 1857 and was named after Sam Houston. During the Civil War, Houston was sometimes defended by units...
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The Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston (Latin: Archidiœcesis Galvestoniensis–Houstoniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction—an archdiocese—of...
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William P. Hobby Airport (redirect from Houston Hobby)
as Houston Hobby or other short names — is an international airport in Houston, Texas, located 7 mi (11 km) from downtown Houston. Hobby is Houston's oldest...
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Texas. Port of Galveston — oldest port on the Gulf Coast, west of New Orleans. Port of Houston — located in Houston, Texas, tenth-busiest port in world...
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Administración Portuaria Integral (Integral Port Administration) in Spanish, as result of the Ley de Puertos (Port Law) of 1993. These are organized as variable...
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Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. Known colloquially as "Fort Sam", it is named for the first president of the Republic of Texas...
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Harbor (redirect from Harbor port)
Port of Houston, Texas, United States Port of Long Beach, California, United States Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, United States Port of...
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Texas, within the Bay Area of Greater Houston. It is the second-largest master-planned community in Houston – behind Kingwood.[citation needed] The...
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Galveston, Texas (category Port cities and towns in Texas)
construction of the Houston Ship Channel, which brought the Port of Houston into competition with the natural harbor of the Port of Galveston for sea...
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Port Glasgow (Scottish Gaelic: Port Ghlaschu, pronounced [pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈɣl̪ˠas̪əxu]) is the second-largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland...
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Hurricane Harvey (redirect from 2017 Houston floods)
damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in Greater Houston and Southeast Texas; this made the storm the costliest natural disaster...
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Texas City, Texas (category Greater Houston)
It is a part of the Houston metropolitan area. It is notable as the site of a major explosion in 1947 that demolished the port and much of the city....
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The school has HISD's magnet program for Teaching Professions. The Port of Houston Maritime Academy was scheduled to come to Austin High School in August...
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This is a list of people who were born, were raised, or have lived in Houston, Texas. Debbie Allen, choreographer, actress Lauren Anderson, ballet dancer...
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Top Chef: Houston is the nineteenth season of the American reality television series Top Chef. It was first announced by Bravo and NBCUniversal on September...
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stevedoring operations at nine ports along the Gulf of Mexico including the Texas ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, Galveston, Houston, Freeport, and Corpus Christi...
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Galveston County, Texas (category Greater Houston)
Galveston rebuilt its port and other major operations quickly, major investment moved inland, largely to Houston. Soon, Houston and Texas City had outpaced...
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ranked fifth, as of 2018, they have a network of 34 ports in 18 countries around the world, such as Houston in the US and Newcastle in Australia. The majority...
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The 2025 Houston Astros season will be the 64th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their...
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Mazatlán (redirect from Port of Mazatlan)
Unión. The port of Mazatlán served as a reference to arrive to Presidio by sea, and was called the Islands of Mazatlán. By decree of the Estado de Occidente...
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city's advantageous proximity to Gulf Coast ports, the larger cities of Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, and San Antonio, and prosperous industries in...
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Galveston Island (redirect from Isla de Malhado)
Gulf Coast in the United States, about 50 miles (80.5 km) southeast of Houston. The entire island, with the exception of Jamaica Beach, is within the...
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