Rails around Houston, Texas by Douglas L. Weiskopf

Rails around Houston, Texas



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Rails around Houston, Texas Douglas L. Weiskopf
Page: 128
ISBN: 9780738558844
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC

Several railroads were chartered by the Republic of Texas, but the first line built was the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado, which began construction near the Port of Houston Turning Basin in 1851. The BBB&C would become the oldest segment of the country's first transcontinental railroad under sole ownership: the Southern Pacific's Sunset Route, connecting New Orleans and Los Angeles and completed in 1883. By the time oil was discovered near Beaumont in 1901, Houston was such a transportation hub that it became the heart of the petrochemical industry. Houston saw narrow-gauge lines, two interurban lines, light rail, and even a monorail. For many years, the chamber of commerce ... MORE EBOOKS:
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