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[Thompsons Railroad Station 2]

[Thompsons Railroad Station 2]

Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.
Date: 1880~
Creator: Santa Fe Railroad
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Thompsons Railroad Station 3]

[Thompsons Railroad Station 3]

Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.
Date: 1880~
Creator: Santa Fe Railroad
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A ruined railroad car after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[A ruined railroad car after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

This image shows a close-up view of a damaged freight car sitting on railroad tracks. The right half of the car is crushed in. The railroad tracks and the surrounding area are strewn with debris. On the right, in the distance, another freight car can be seen on parallel tracks.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Debris along the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Debris along the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Three sets of railroad lines cross the picture. Large pieces of metal debris lie on and along the tracks. In some places the railroad tracks have been broken. In the distance is the outline of some refinery structures and the Seatrain loading crane. A large cloud of smoke blowing right to left is visible in the background. The number "#13" is written in the lower right hand corner.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. O. Wood, June 11, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. O. Wood, June 11, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to E. O. Wood discussing railroad rates.
Date: June 11, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad flat cars being loaded with coal.

Railroad flat cars being loaded with coal.

Railroad flat cars being loaded with coal. Several men are seen along with the machinery loading the cars. At the bottom of the picture reads: 'Pauls Valley to Galveston'.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from the Galveston Chamber of Commerce to H. Kempner, December 28, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from the Galveston Chamber of Commerce to H. Kempner, December 28, 1951]

Letter from the Galveston Chamber of Commerce to H. Kempner discussing the carload rates that have been authorized by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Date: December 28, 1951
Creator: Galveston Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad (open access)

Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad

Schedule for trains from Galveston, Texas, to Purcell, Okla., July 1887. Towns and small stations on the route, along with arrival times, are included. Executives of the railroad, and others in positions of responsibility, are named on the documen. 1 page, typed, carbon copy
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Repairing the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Repairing the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A group of about 15 men are working to clear and repair railroad tracks. Two parallel sets of tracks are visible. On the left, a flatbed rail vehicle holds railroad ties. Ahead of it on the tracks is a freight car holding several large rectangular forms. Small groups of men work along the other set of tracks, picking up debris, and replacing railroad ties. Some metal and wooden debris is visible along the tracks. Ahead of the workers on the tracks sits a badly damaged locomotive. To the right of the tracks are stacks of rectangular wooden structures stacked in piles. Some piles have been toppled. A large metal hook, suspended from a wheel and pulley, is visible on the far right. The number "#41" is written in the lower right corner.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Metal debris near the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Metal debris near the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

On the far left, a line of freight cars stands on a set of tracks. Power poles line the railroad tracks, but power lines have been broken and are hanging down. A man stands on top of one of the railroad cars looking toward the port. To the left of the railroad tracks, can be seen a small portion of a damaged two-story building. Large pieces of metal and metal framework from a covered conveyor system are scattered over much of the area.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Debris along the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Debris along the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

At least five sets of railroad tracks run across the photograph. Debris lies scattered around the ground. What looks like two shovels from a crane lie face down on the ground along a track. In the background are a damaged round storage tank, a damaged building near the smokestack, two water towers, and a long pile of debris heaped in front of a train of freight cars. Lines sag in places from wooden utility or power poles. Heavy smoke hangs over the scene. The number "#33" is written in the lower right hand corner.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Debris along the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Debris along the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A long, large pile of pipe, metal and wooden debris covers much of a set of railroad tracks. On a parallel track to the right is a set of freight cars partially blocked from sight by the pile of debris. Two water towers stand in the background. In the foreground lies another heap of metal and wood debris. Heavy black clouds of smoke hang over the scene. Wooden utility or power poles with damaged lines can be seen along both the right and left sides of the photograph.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harris County

Harris County

Map of the Gulf Coast region covering Harris County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Damaged railroad tracks near the docks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Damaged railroad tracks near the docks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Two damaged open-top freight cars (gondolas) loaded with rectangular wooden forms sit on a elevated wooden train track. The tracks appear to be on a wharf structure extending out to a dock. Wooden debris is densely scattered in the foreground in front of the tracks and is evidently floating in water in a channel. The front end of the track structure has collapsed and the front car is tilted downward. The forms in the freight cars have also been damaged. Two men are looking down from the raised part of the track.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Searching through debris near the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Searching through debris near the railroad tracks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A crane stands at the far edge of a cleared section of dirt in the foreground. On the right is a line of boxcars receding away from the viewer with their left sides crushed inward. A large line of debris lies on the left of the train between it and the cleared area. On the far left of the cleared area is very large mound of debris mostly behind a low wall. Four men are on top of the debris, much of it concrete chunks and rebar, searching through it. The wall is either the remnant of a building or has been erected as a retaining wall. All around the crane and in the distance are piles of twisted metal, railroad tracks, wooden railroad ties and other debris. Wording on the crane: "The M. W. Kellogg Co.' and "Northwest". The number "#38" is in the lower right hand corner of the photograph.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commodity Rates and Charges] (open access)

[Commodity Rates and Charges]

Rates and charges for various commodities listed by the Texas Railroad Commission.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Texas Railroad Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The railroad system of Texas on September 1st, 1881.

The railroad system of Texas on September 1st, 1881.

Map shows the late nineteenth century Texas railroad system as shown in the Galveston News. Scale = 32 mi./ 1 in.
Date: 1881
Creator: Langermann, A. B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Map of the lower Mississippi, Gulf and frontier Pacific railroad and its proposed connections, from Galveston, New Orleans, Vicksburg and Memphis via El Paso, across the territories to the California coast cities.

Map of the lower Mississippi, Gulf and frontier Pacific railroad and its proposed connections, from Galveston, New Orleans, Vicksburg and Memphis via El Paso, across the territories to the California coast cities.

Map shows late nineteenth century rail routes and proposed rail routes across the Gulf Coast and Southwestern United States. Includes "Table of Distances." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1880?
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad cars near the grain elevator after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Railroad cars near the grain elevator after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Two damaged freight train boxcars sit on a railroad track on the right. In front of the train cars are the remains of a truck and scattered metal debris of various kinds. The top portion of a smoke stack can be seen behind the train cars. A grain elevator stands on the left and beyond the train. Most of the glass in the windows of the grain elevator have been blown out. There is a vertical cylindrical tank in front of the grain elevator. To the left of the tank sit three boxcars side-by-side in bays under a metal roofed structure supported by pillars. On the left there is visible the top of a of a damaged wall extending out from the elevator. The number "#11" is in the lower right hand corner of the print.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Galveston Dock Theft] (open access)

[News Script: Galveston Dock Theft]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of police at Galveston who have come up short in their search for clues in the case of the missing 15-tons of rice.
Date: February 12, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Aerial view from the railroad yard after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Aerial view from the railroad yard after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A elevated shot from the rail yards toward the port. View is from above a line of freight cars in the rail yard. Debris lies piled along the line of cars to the far right of the picture. Several men stand on top of one of the cars, while several more stand amid the metal debris below. Another line of rail cars loaded with uniform loads of large forms stands on a parallel set of tracks. In the distance is the grain elevator, a smokestack, two large water towers and the loading structures at the port. Heavy smoke clouds blowing left to right can be seen coming from the port area. The number "#3" is written in the lower right hand corner.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WWH: Train Trips] (open access)

[WWH: Train Trips]

Text about excursion trains in Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a June 1994 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1994-06~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Damaged railroad cars and storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Damaged railroad cars and storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A line of damaged freight cars stands amid metal and wooden debris. The top of a crane is seen beyond the train cars behind a large pile of debris. In the far background is a storage tank farm, with visible compression damage on a number of the tanks. On the horizon, in the direction of the port, are heavy clouds of white and black smoke. In the foreground three military personnel stand looking at the damage. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "From John P. Blazetic with 32nd Medical Battalion."
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Collapsed railroad tracks near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

[Collapsed railroad tracks near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Railroad freight cars loaded with wooden structures sit on raised railroad tracks leading to the docks. Part of the support structure for the tracks have collapsed underneath the loaded cars. The dock & pier structures closer to the water have been very heavily damaged.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History