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	Historic Houston: BoomTown
		Houston's first rail link was laid in 1853, a turning point in the city's development as a national marketing center.
		The Port of Houston served to aid and diversify the lumber industry, since pine and hardwood were transported by way of the ship channel.
		Houston today is not only the oil capital of America but it is also the world's energy capital, with leaders in research and development shaping its future.
	www.houstonhistory.com /legacy/history6s.htm (1208 words)

	Encyclopedia: Port of Houston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Port of Houston is the port of Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States.
		It is the busiest port in the United States and second busiest in the world in terms of foreign tonnage.
		The petrochemical complex associated with the Port of Houston is one of the largest in the world.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Port-of-Houston (424 words)

	Houston, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Houston is the largest city in Texas, the fourth largest in the United States, and the second-largest economic area of the Gulf Coast region.
		Houston is the main cultural and economic center of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area, which is the seventh largest metropolitan area in the United States with a population of about 5.2 million in ten counties.
		The Port of Houston is one of the busiest ports in the United States and second in the world in foreign tonnage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Houston (6235 words)

	News - Port of Houston settles contamination suit for $100 million
		The settlement of the lawsuit was between the port and GB Biosciences, its parent company and 11 other firms associated with the east Houston plant, where the pesticides DDT and lindane were formerly manufactured.
		Port officials learned of the threat in 1998 and began an investigation, determining the contamination was much more extensive than initially believed.
		The port authority also received $35 million in cash for attorneys fees, cost of property sold, oversight of the remediation process for the next 30 years and future protection for environmental issues as well as $20 million for protection against future claims or expenses.
	www.headlice.org /news/2004/portofhouston.htm (388 words)

	Port of Houston
		The ports of Houston and Galveston, Texas are located adjacent to Galveston Bay on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
		A representative from Port of Houston Authority stated that Pier 9 on the turning basin was rebuilt in the early 1980's, and is the strongest pier at the port.
		The same port representative stated that the piers on the north side of the channel are newer and in better condition than those on the south side.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/houston.htm (977 words)

	North Channel Chamber of Commerce
		The Port of Houston is the tenth-largest port in the world, ranking first in the nation in foreign waterborne tonnage and second in total tonnage.
		A vital element in the infrastructure of Houston and the region, the port maintains a high level of commercial prominence that solidifies its status as a major gateway to global commerce.
		A cornerstone of the North Channel economy, the Port of Houston is a 25-mile-long complex of diversified public and private facilities designed for handling general cargo, containers, grain, and other dry bulk materials, project and heavy lift cargo, and other types of cargo.
	www.northchannelarea.com /custom2.asp?pageid=1575 (305 words)

	BTS \| Port of Houston, Texas—Water Gateway
		The maritime Port of Houston was the nation’s fourth busiest waterborne freight gateway for international trade by value of shipments in 2003.
		Of the 126 million tons shipped through the Port of Houston, 71 percent were inbound shipments valued at $28 billion (about $317 per ton) while the exports, accounting for 29 percent of tonnage, were valued at $21 billion (about $591 per ton).
		The Port of Cayo Arcas, Mexico is the largest origin point for imports while the Port of Tuxpan, Mexico is the major destination for exports followed by Antwerp, Belgium.
	www.bts.gov /publications/americas_freight_transportation_gateways/highlights_of_top_25_freight_gateways_by_shipment_value/port_of_houston (534 words)

	POHA \| Overview
		The Port of Houston is a 25-mile-long complex of diversified public and private facilities located just a few hours' sailing time from the Gulf of Mexico.
		The port is ranked first in the United States in foreign waterborne commerce, second in total tonnage, and sixth in the world.
		The Port of Houston is made up of the port authority and the 150-plus private industrial companies along the ship channel.
	www.portofhouston.com /geninfo/overview1.html (594 words)

	Robert Angleton article - Robert Angleton 1948 bookmaker Houston, Texas Greek Port Lavaca, Texas World - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Robert Nicholas Angleton (born 1948) is an infamous bookmaker in Houston, Texas.
		When he was called Nicholas Angletos, the Greek cabin boy jumped ship at Port Lavaca, Texas in the 1920s.
		In the late seventies, the brothers Angleton moved to Houston, Texas.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Robert_Angleton (716 words)

	The Historic Magnolia Ballroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The company, founded by Hugh Hamilton, was “one of Houston’s largest industries at the turn of the century”, and by 1910 encompassed over twenty acres north and south of Buffalo Bayou.
		Eugene Heiner was an important Houston architect in the late nineteenth century and is well known for his design of the Houston Cotton Exchange (1884), as well as his use of a very Victorian influenced Italianate style.
		After the storm of 1900 he moved to Houston and “in 1905 his son, W.A. Cooke, also and architect, took over management of the firm which was responsible for the additions to the Houston Ice and Brewing Company after 1905”.
	www.magnoliaballroom.com /historytexas.htm (1550 words)

	TOP STORIES \| KHOU.com \| News for Houston, Texas
		As the ports announced they had ended the Pier 10 lease, they also made the surprising revelation that they would spend the next 90 days drafting a memorandum of agreement about their intentions for a container terminal on 1,200 acres on the southeast side of Pelican Island.
		The Port of Houston handles 64 percent of all the container activity along the U.S. Gulf Coast and 94 percent of the container activity in Texas.
		Port of Houston officials also are intensely interested in the Texas Department of Transportation’s talk of building a bridge to the Bolivar Peninsula.
	www.khou.com /topstories/stories/khou061210_tnt_port.156f16f2.html (1756 words)

	Houston -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		inland port city, Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties, seat (1836) of Harris county, southeastern Texas, U.S. It is linked by the Houston Ship Channel to the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway at Galveston, 50 miles (80 km) southeast.
		Houston is the state's most populous city and the fourth largest city in the United States.
		The commander of the army that won the battle of San Jacinto—and Texas' independence—Sam Houston was twice elected president of the Republic of Texas.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9041209 (677 words)

	Moving to Houston? Houston Texas Relocation, Houston Relocation, Free Houston Relocation Package, Relocating to Houston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Houston is a bustling waterfront community that is home to the Port of Houston, which is among the top three ports, in America.
		Houston is a city that loves sports, from professional to college to interscholastic to personal.
		Houston educators and the community as a whole are working toward creating a high-quality educational environment to serve the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.
	www.houston-online.com (669 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: HOUSTON, TX
		The consolidated metropolitan population of Houston, which encompassed Galveston, Fort Bend, Harris, Brazoria, Liberty, Waller, and Montgomery counties, amounted to 3,711,000, ranked tenth in the nation, and was second in Texas to Dallas-Fort Worth.
		The legislature first met in Houston on May 1, 1837, and, despite the efforts of Masons who greeted one another in 1837 and the Presbyterians and Episcopalians who formed churches in 1839, the town remained infamous for drunkenness, dueling, brawling, prostitution, and profanity.
		Houston thus became a world energy capital in the 1970s, expanded with the rise in oil prices, and suffered with the downturn during the 1980s.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/HH/hdh3.html (2892 words)

	Houston Port Information, Houston Hotels, HOU Hotels, IAH Hotels, Houston Restaurants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Today the Port of Houston is a home to the Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Sea which sails to the Western Caribbean from Houston on a seasonal basis.
		The La Quinta in La Porte is close to the Port of Houston and is both comfortable and affordable.
		Port of Seattle Port of Seward Port of Tampa Port of Vancouver
	www.greatports.com /houston/index.htm (359 words)

	Kemin Industries Inc. - Port of Houston
		Houston's geographic location has proven to be one of its best assets.
		Houston lies within close reach of one of the nation's largest concentrations of consumers.
		Houston weather is usually fair to excellent, with temperatures moderated by winds from the Gulf of Mexico resulting in mild winters and warm summer nights.
	www.kemin.com /careers/jobs/houston (317 words)

	Features Item : The Port of Houston, March 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		November 10, 1914, thousands gathered at the Port of Houston as a band played "The Star Spangled Banner" from a barge in the center of the turning basin.
		This year almost 7,000 vessels will call at the Port of Houston, which rose from relative obscurity to rank today as first in the U.S. in foreign waterborne tonnage.
		Houston has answered the threat with a port-wide security plan surpassing any federal mandate.
	www.worldtrademag.com /CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,3483,145314,00.html (573 words)

	Houston Ship Channel 50th Anniversary Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 1841, the mayor of Houston established the Port of Houston, which was supported by the city and later by the state of Texas.
		Included is a typed manuscript history of the Port of Houston and Buffalo Bayou, as well as a typed version of the ordinance establishing the Port of Houston, in 1841.
		The photographs include shots of an exhibit highlighting the history of the Port of Houston, as well as photographs from the fiftieth anniversary of the Port of Houston, taken on November 10, 1964.
	info.lib.uh.edu /sca/collections/faids/html/horn.html (365 words)

	Houston Oil Tanker Shipping Pictures of Ships - Stock Photos tankers cargo container terminals docks
		The Port of Houston is a complex of commercial and public shipping facilities located on Galveston Bay that adjoins the Gulf of Mexico.
		LPG tanker is berthed at fuel terminal at the Port of Houston.
		A supertanker is too large to enter the port so it offloads a portion of crude oil to a smaller service vessel which delivers the fuel to port.
	www.photohouston.com /port-of-houston-photos/cargo-shipping-oil-tanker-pictures.html (802 words)

	St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities \| HNI - The Port Houston Collaborative Summary
		In the Denver Harbor/Port Houston Super Neighborhood, 43% of adults have less than a ninth grade education and 60% of births are to mothers without a high school diploma.
		The Port Houston Collaborative was built on partnerships among the Port Houston Elementary School administration, parents of students, and it forms the basis of SLEHC's 2003 Healthy Neighborhood Initiative in Denver Harbor/Port Houston.
		In partnership with Houston Children’s Museum and with support from Coach USA Bus Company, children and their parents are able to attend an after-school science lab at Edison Middle School, or travel to the museum twice a month during the school year.
	www.slehc.org /HNI/HNI_Summaries/Port_Houston_Collaborative.cfm (468 words)

	Public Bulletin - Designated Port Status for Houston, TX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The system of designated ports (which funnels wildlife shipments through a limited number of locations) and related declaration, inspection, and clearance requirements help the Service ensure that wildlife trade complies with U.S. laws and treaties that protect species worldwide.
		The Service has offered limited inspection services in Houston since the early 1980s, but businesses and individuals using this port were required to obtain special permits and pay additional fees.
		Importers and exporters of live or perishable shipments must provide notice of their shipments to the wildlife inspection office and receive confirmation at least 48 hours in advance to ensure inspection staff is available.
	www.fws.gov /le/PubBulletins/PBPortStatusHoustonTX.htm (282 words)

	DNV - Port of Houston
		The Port of Houston is the first port in the United States certified according to the environmental standard ISO 14001.
		So far the Port of Houston is experiencing declining reports and paperwork, reduction of waste disposal and lower atmospheric pollution.
		The Port of Houston is ranked first in the U.S. in international waterborne commerce and second in total tonnage.
	www.dnv.com /certification/clients/port_of_houston_gains_green_credentials.asp (714 words)

	Officials Beef Up Port of Houston Security
		Port of Houston police are on constant patrol along the wharves and warehouses that line the ship channel.
		The port generates nearly $11 billion a year in revenue and employs, directly and indirectly, 287,000 people in Houston and elsewhere in the state of Texas.
		Back at the Port of Houston, James Edmonds acknowledges that there is no such thing as 100 percent certainty on security, but he says he believes everything that can be done is being done to protect the port and the oil and gas industry resources around it.
	www.voanews.com /english/Houston2006-08-02-voa56.cfm (998 words)

	Port Of Victoria, Texas
		Port of Victoria officials have announced the expansion of the Port's industrial park by approximately eighteen hundred acres, and the intention to negotiate and make available the water rights to the City of Victoria.
		Port officials announced today they have entered into a contract to buy the property that gives them one mile of barge canal frontage that's important for industrial development.
		On February 28, 2005, the Port of Victoria and the Port of Houston Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two Ports.
	www.portofvictoria.com /whatsnew.html (537 words)

	Port Crossing Commerce Center - Port of Houston, Texas
		Port Crossing Commerce Center is a world class 300-acre logistics and industrial park located in La Porte, Texas serving the Port of Houston, one of the country’s fastest growing cargo ports.
		Located within 3-miles of both the Barbours Cut and Bayport container terminals, Port Crossing Commerce Center is the closest industrial park to either terminal, with direct access to both terminals off of Highway 146.
		Whether business is conducted locally, nationally or around the world, companies that use the Port of Houston will benefit from their cargo moving faster from port to customer by utilizing the distinctive set of park and building amenities offered to tenants of Port Crossing Commerce Center.
	www.portcrossing.com (240 words)

	USATODAY.com - Port of Houston 'very, very lucky' after Rita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HOUSTON — Hunkered down in a tiny fortress of a building on high ground near the Houston Ship Channel, the emergency workers waited Friday night for the giant hurricane to hit.
		The Port of Houston — one of the world's largest ports, with vast oil and chemical plants, including Shell, ExxonMobil and Dow — is a vital artery of global trade.
		At the Port of Houston, 75 shrimp trawlers moored at one dock.
	www.usatoday.com /money/economy/2005-09-25-port-1b-cover-usat_x.htm (1643 words)

	POHA \| 2004 Press Releases
		HOUSTON, March 23, 2005 -- A photo was released today by Port of Houston Authority regarding the unloading of the Suncor hydrotreater reactor and is available at: http://media.primezone.com/poha/pages/business.html
		The Port of Houston Authority owns and operates the public facilities located along the Port of Houston, the 25-mile long complex of diversified public and private facilities designed for handling general cargo, containers, grain and other dry bulk materials, project and heavy lift cargo, and other types of cargo.
		The port website's simple online member registration procedure requires users to submit their name, company, telephone number, and e-mail address, personal password, and description of the intended use of the downloaded images.
	www.irconnect.com /poha/pages/news_releases.html?d=75021 (396 words)

	Port Houston Elementary School Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Reisz was a catalyst in the formation of the Port Houston Collaborative, with the goal of enhancing the area and instilling a sense of community in this congested industrial neighborhood.
		The amazing Port of Houston Authority donated funds, wheelbarrows, shovels and other equipment as well as hearty volunteers who put in hours and hours of work cultivating this area.
		The support of the Port Houston Elementary PTO has been sensational and Urban Harvest was particularly helpful in the design and execution and their representative, Diana Liga, was a constant resource throughout the process.
	www.urbanharvest.org /directory/porthouston/porthouston.html (541 words)

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