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[Texas Sugar Refinery Company in Texas City]

[Texas Sugar Refinery Company in Texas City]
Description:

A large cargo ship is docked near the Texas Sugar Refinery. Two buildings, one of eight stories and one of 5 stories, stand side-by-side facing the port. Several smaller buildings and structures are partially visible between the cargo ship and the buildings. Train cars can be seen in front of the refinery buildings.

Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: 1924 - 1931
Partner(s):
Moore Memorial Public Library
Collection(s):
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
Creator:
Unknown
Original Creation Date: 1924 - 1931
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
From 1924 to 1931
Description:

A large cargo ship is docked near the Texas Sugar Refinery. Two buildings, one of eight stories and one of 5 stories, stand side-by-side facing the port. Several smaller buildings and structures are partially visible between the cargo ship and the buildings. Train cars can be seen in front of the refinery buildings.

Note:

[This photograph was also published on page 32 in Texas City : Images of the Twentieth Century by Collier A. Campbell and Susie M. Moncla, published by The Donning Company Publishers in 1999. The caption there is listed as "Texas Sugar Refining Company, manufacturer of Diamond Star Sugar, 1924-1931. The property was bought by Monsanto Chemicals for a World War II plant."]

Physical Description:

1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

Language: No Language
Subject(s):
Partner:
Moore Memorial Public Library
Collection:
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: TCIM-12
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth15195
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image

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