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Pier 21

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A central location for various harbor tours and dolphin watching excursions in Galveston.

역사·문화BY TELLBY

1Pier 21

Welcome, scholars of history and industry, to Pier Twenty One. As you stand upon the weathered concrete and sturdy wooden planks of this waterfront district, you are positioning yourself at the very economic and historical nexus…
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2The Tall Ship Elissa

Moored prominently at the Texas Seaport Museum is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century marine engineering: the tall ship Elissa. Built in eighteen seventy-seven in Aberdeen, Scotland, she is an iron-hulled, three-masted barque. …
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3The Pier 21 Theater and The Great Storm

We now transition from the tactile experience of the tall ship to the analytical environment of the Pier Twenty One Theater. This facility is dedicated to the documentary curation of GAL-ves-ton's most defining and traumatic…
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4The Pirate Island of Jean Lafitte

Remaining within the Pier Twenty One Theater, we can shift our historical lens backward to the early nineteenth century by viewing the eighteen-minute documentary, 'The Pirate Island of Jean Lafitte.' This presentation offers a…
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5The Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig

We now transition from the wooden decks of nineteenth-century sailing to the brutalist steel architecture of the twentieth-century petroleum industry. Moored just off the pier is the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum. …
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6The Mosquito Fleet and Katie's Seafood

As we move further along the pier, the massive steel structures of the oil industry give way to a different, much older form of resource extraction. We have arrived at the docking area known colloquially as the Mosquito Fleet. …
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7Closing

Our rigorous traversal of Pier Twenty One draws to a close. Take a final, analytical stance along the bulkhead and survey the chaotic, highly productive waters before you. …
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