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 Naut. Gaz., vol. 116, no. 11, Mar. 16, 1929, p. 295)


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    Title :

    Houston ranks with leading gulf ports


    Additional title:

    Mar. News


    Published in:

    Marine News ; 15 , n 12 ; p 58 + 64


    Publication date :

    1929


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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