Since July 14, 1870, when Houston was made a port by Congress, $20,000,000 has been spent for improvement work; Houston now ranks fourth of all ports of United States in tonnage; in 1928, 12, 979,826 tons were handled valued at $598,724,008. (See also Mar. News vol. 15, no. 12, May 1929 pp. 58 and 64, 1 fig)


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    Title :

    Houston ranks with leading gulf ports


    Additional title:

    Naut. Gaz


    Published in:

    Nautical Gazette ; 116 , n 11 ; p 295


    Publication date :

    1929


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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