Today in Houston history, Oct. 13, 1914: Steamship Dorothy safely makes its way up Ship Channel

Houston Chronicle front page from Oct. 13, 1914. Though the Houston Ship Channel wouldn’t formally open for another month, it was open nonetheless. Problem is, steamship owners had to be convinced it was deep enough to navigate. In Marilyn McAdams Sibley’s “The Port of Houston: A History,” Joseph H. […]

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