Galveston Harbor Texas

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IdentifierMaps_429aDate1893DescriptionFrom 1867 to 1897 the Corps of Engineers worked to prevent shoaling at the entrance to Galveston Bay. Due to sporadic funding and a series of unsuccessful experimental jetty designs (see, for example, no. 356), the corps implemented no permanent improvements before 1890. The passage of the Rivers and Harbors Act that year guaranteed stable funding for the project and allowed the corps to complete it. The finished system consisted of two stone jetties flanking the entrance of the bay. The south jetty, 35,603 feet long, began on the bay side of the east end of the island and ran into the Gulf. The north jetty extended 24,907 feet from Bolivar Point. The jetties are about 7,000 feet apart (Alperin, pp. 37-57).

This survey records the construction to date and the corresponding hydrographic changes. The south jetty is already virtually complete, but work is just beginning on the north jetty. The map shows the outliness of land masses but no interior detail. E.M. Hartrick was later instrumental in the construction of the Houston ship channel. Language NoteEnglishSubjectGalveston (Tex)--MapsGalveston HarborCopyright StatementNo Copyright – Non-Commercial Use OnlySize103x180 centimeters.CartographerUnited States Army Corps of Engineers

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