Talk:Texas City, Texas

message: The author mentions that Texas city is "explosion-prone", which seems rather subjective.  Also, there are only two mentions of explosions.  I understand that both are quite substantial (the 1940's explosion is regarded as the largest insdustrial accident in US history - and is appropriately noted here).  Also, I'm not familiar enough with history to know if other explosions occured.  However, I think the description "explosion-prone" should be removed unless more explosions can be cited. 
Trigam41 14:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explosion-Prone 

message: This article references Texas City with much negativity, essentially calling it a death trap, which is entirely not true.  It is not 'explosion-prone', I've never heard of it as the city that would not die, and as the above mentioned, only 2 explosions have been referenced, which are the fault of the companies involved.  Yes, the first disaster was bad, but the 1940's was full of it's share of problems.  This does not justify portraying the city in such a negative light.  By this logic Honolulu, HI is one of the most dangerous cities in the US, due to its close proximity to Pearl Harbor.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.248.146.61 (talk) 10:00, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Negativity/Explosion-Prone 

message: There appears to be at least some plagarism in the history section. Comparing to the Handbook of Texas article I notice the following identical statements.
I also notice other statements that are nearly identical with only minor changes.
Looking back at the history it looks like at least some of these overly similar statements were added by Mastercylinder back in Oct 2008.
Anybody know more about this? I don't know if there might be more copying from other sources as well. I would propose that either the section needs some immediate attention or it should be removed until such time as attention can be given.
--Mcorazao (talk) 18:03, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the the copyright violations should be removed first. We can rewrite the removed material later. Thanks, Postoak 22:39, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know if these that I pointed out are the only statements (I just picked a few that I noticed and, as I say, I don't know if there are other sources plagarized). The fact that the whole thing is missing citations is a problem. Is there anybody with an active interest in the topic who wants to take a stab at just cleaning up the section as a whole rather that butchering it to remove these concerns? --Mcorazao (talk) 19:46, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, well, I went ahead and did the butchering. It looks pretty ugly now. I still don't know that there may not be other plagarized parts. --Mcorazao (talk) 16:04, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagarism concern 

message: After starting a rewrite of the earlier History section, I realized that the section was becoming quite long, compared to the rest of the main article. It seems to me that a separate article about the history of the city would be merited, and that a more condensed history section should appear on the main page. Accordingly, a draft of the new article can be seen at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/History of Texas City, Texas. The proposed condensed history appears below:
===Short History of Texas City===
In 1891 three brothers from Duluth, Minnesota noticed that a location named Shoal Point, along Galveston Bay, had the potential to become a major port. Shoal Point had existed since the 1830s, when veterans of the Texas Revolution were awarded land for their services. The name was applied to the community when a post office opened in 1878.The Historical Marker Database. "Shoal Point and Half Moon Shoal Lighthouse."  After the hunters returned home, they formed a syndicate, convinced other investors to put up money to buy 10,000 acres of Galveston Bay frontage, including Shoal Point, and renamed the property Texas City. By 1893, the investors had formed the Texas City Improvement Company (TCIC), which plotted and filed the townsite plan. A post office opened in 1893, to serve approximately 250 people who had moved there from Minnesota and Michigan. TCIC also received permission from the Federal Government to dredge an eight-foot-deep channel in the bay from Bolivar Roads (at the east end of Galveston Island) to serve Texas City.Wheaton, Grant. "Annals of Texas City." Retrieved March 2, 2012. In 1894, the channel was first used commercially. TCIC also built a 4-mi railroad to the Texas City Junction south of town, where it connected to Galveston and Houston via two existing rail lines. Priscilla Myers Benham, "TEXAS CITY, TX," Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed February 29, 2012 . Published by the Texas State Historical Association. Despite these successes, TCIC went bankrupt in 1897. Its assets were reorganized into Texas City Company (TCC), and Texas City Railway Terminal Company (TCRTC). These companies were chartered on February 4, 1899.TCC acquired 3,000 city lots and provided water, gas and electricity to the town. TCRTC operated the railroad. 
In the summer of 1900, the Federal government granted permission to dredge the Texas City channel to a depth of 25 ft. The 1900 Galveston Hurricane  interrupted the project, washing the dredge ashore. However, the port remained open after the storm passed. Even before the channel dredging was complete, the first ocean-goingship, SS Piqua, arrived at the port from Mexico on September 28, 1904. Dredging was completed March 19,1905, and the government opened a customs house in Texas City. Port growth progressed rapidly after this, from 12 ships in 1904, to 239 in 1910.Texas City incorporated in 1911 with a mayor and commission form of government, and held its first mayoral election on September 16. A division of the United States Army deployed to Texas City in 1913 to guard the Gulf Coast from incursions during the Mexican Revolution. The division moved to San Antonio after the August 1915 hurricane completely demolished the encampment and killed nine soldiers. In 1921, TCRTC took over operations of the port and began an ambitious expansion program. This effort attracted a sugar refinery, a fig processing plant, a gasoline cracking plant and a grain elevator. By 1925, Texas City had an estimated population of 3,500 and was a thriving community with two refineries producing gasoline, the Texas City Sugar Refinery, two cotton compressing facilities, and even passenger bus service.
The Great Depression caused the sugar refinery to fail in 1930. Economic hard times afflicted the city for a few years until the oil business returned to expansion. Republic Oil Refinery opened a gasoline refinery in 1931. In 1934, Pan American Refinery (later known as Amoco) began operating. Moore was able to win this refinery from the Houston Ship Channel because of Texas City's location nearer the Gulf of Mexico. By the end of the 1930s, Texas City's population had grown to 5,200. Prosperity and industrial expansion returned as the United States became more involved in World War II. Enemy submarines had almost completely stopped the shipment of petroleum products from the Middle East, South America and Southeast Asia. The federal government decided to build a tin smelter in Texas City, since the enemy controlled access to refined tin elsewhere. The government also funded construction of a petrochemical plant to make styrene, a vital raw material for synthetic rubber. Monsanto Chemical Company contracted to operate the facility, which it expanded into an even large petrochemical complex after the war. Texas City refineries and chemical plants worked around the clock at full capacity to supply the war effort. By 1950, the local population had reached 16,620.
Post-war prosperity was interrupted on the morning of April 16, 1947, when the S.S. Grandcamp, containing ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded, initiating what is generally regarded as the worst industrial accident in U.S. history, the Texas City Disaster. The blast devastated the Monsanto chemical plant and offices, across the slip from the Grandcamp, blew away the warehouses, showered shrapnel from the ship in all directions, and ignited a second ship, the S.S.High Flyer, docked at an adjacent slip. Released from its mooring by the blast, the blazing High Flyer rammed and ignited a third ship, S. S. Wilson B. Keene, docked across the slip. Both ships also carried ammonium nitrate fertilizer and they, too, exploded. The explosions killed 581 and injured over 5,000 people. The explosions were so powerful and intense that many of the bodies of the emergency workers who responded to the initial explosion were never identified. The entire Texas City and Port Terminal Fire departments were wiped out. 
The Texas City disaster is widely regarded as the foundation of disaster planning for the United States. Monsanto and other plants committed to rebuilding, and the city ultimately recovered from the accident. The city has often referred to itself as "the town that would not die." 
On March 23, 2005, the city suffered an explosion in the local BP (formerly Amoco) oil refinery which killed 15 and injured over 100.Goodwyn, Wade. "Previous BP Accidents Blamed On Safety Lapses." NPR. May 6, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2012. The BP facility in Texas City is the United States' third largest oil refinery, employing over 2,000 people, processing 460,000 barrels (73,000 m³) of crude oil each day, and producing roughly 4% of the country's gasoline needs every day.
The Texas City Dike was overtopped by a greater-than  storm surge when Hurricane Ike barreled through the region in the early-morning hours of  September 13, 2008. Although all buildings, piers and road were destroyed, the dike itself weathered the storm. Even in the widespread destruction throughout Galveston County caused by the wind and surge associated with Ike, Texas City was largely spared the devastation that other low-lying areas suffered. Texas City is mostly surrounded by a  levee system that was built in the early 1960s following the devastating floods from Hurricane Carla in 1961. Together with pump stations  located at various places throughout the northeast periphery of the city adjoining Galveston, Dollar Bay, and Moses Lake, the levee and pump system may  have saved the city from wholesale devastation at the hands of Ike's powerful tidal surge. Damage in the city was largely limited to that caused by Ike's powerful winds and heavy rains. The dike was closed for three years while the road and supporting facilities were rebuilt. It was reopened to traffic in September 2011.
===Action request===
I request a review of and comments on the above proposed changes by others interested in this project. Thank you. Bruin2 (talk) 15:06, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed changes to history of Texas City

message: I request a review of and comments on the above proposed changes by others interested in this project. Thank you. Bruin2 (talk) 15:06, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Action request

message: The cities port also made brief cameos in the 1985-87 GI Joe cartoon in Part 1 and 2 of the episode "The Traitor" LReyome254 (talk) 16:49, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appearance in GI Joe 1985 - 87 cartoon 

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