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==History== |
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[[File:HoustonShipChannel1913.png|thumb|left|Illustration of the Houston Ship Channel in 1913]] |
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While much of the Ship Channel is associated with heavy industry, two icons of [[History of Texas|Texas history]] are also located along its length. The {{USS|Texas|BB-35}} saw service during both World Wars, and is the oldest remaining example of a [[dreadnought]]-era battleship in existence. The nearby [[San Jacinto Monument]] commemorates the [[Battle of San Jacinto]] (1836) in which Texas won its independence from [[Mexico]]. |
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The channel was designated a [[List of historic civil engineering landmarks|National Civil Engineering Landmark]] by the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]] (ASCE) in 1987. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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The Houston Ship Channel, located in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area, is part of the Port of Houston — one of the United States's busiest sea ports.[1]
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References
- "Houston Ship Channel, Texas". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved 2006-05-01.