. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 116. Building the Galveston Ska Wall The granite riprap for protection on the Gulf side is shown in the fore-ground. To the right are seen the timber molds for the concrete Interstate Railway from Beaumont to Port Bolivar reachesGalveston by means of a ferry transfer. Since the storm in 1900 building has been actively car-ried on and public improvements have been undertakenwhich will render the repetition of the great tidal disasterimpossible. An immense sea wall 17 feet high, 16 feet wideat the base, and 17,593 feet long is now completed.
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 116. Building the Galveston Ska Wall The granite riprap for protection on the Gulf side is shown in the fore-ground. To the right are seen the timber molds for the concrete Interstate Railway from Beaumont to Port Bolivar reachesGalveston by means of a ferry transfer. Since the storm in 1900 building has been actively car-ried on and public improvements have been undertakenwhich will render the repetition of the great tidal disasterimpossible. An immense sea wall 17 feet high, 16 feet wideat the base, and 17,593 feet long is now completed. The. Fig. 117. The Galvestox Sea WallA completed section after the mold had been removed m^»m T-ft=» ^ 1 ? m ?j^^. - ~^_ :^^ ^y^ ?^-_ *• ^jlgQll Wjt^^ 1 ? ? ^^TS —.J^^^^^^l ^^B w 1 \ 1 ^^^^^^^^^rhjMf IP L 1 L J Fk;. 118. The (iALVEsrox Sea Wall This view is from the top of the wall looking west. The riprap is shownon the left. Within the wall, on the right, the grade is to be raised bya lillinu of sand 177 178 THE GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS wall itself is of concrete and rests upon piling driven tothe depth of 40 feet. On the front or exposed side it isprotected by a riprap of large granite blocks broughtfrom Granite mountain in Burnet county. On the innerside the grade is to be raised by a filling of sand, thuscompleting an effectual barrier to further encroachments
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