The Texas Coast: Ship Channel Network of the Petroleum Age

This article provides an overview of the Texas Gulf Coast as a port city region dedicated above all to oil and gas. By the late 1800s, the same trends in transportation and industry that encouraged ship channel construction around the world drew attention to schemes to transform the Gulf Coast’s sha...

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Main Author: Alan Lessoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2023-09-01
Series:Urban Planning
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/6783