File:Site Plan - U.S. Naval Station, Orange, West bank of Sabine River, Orange, Orange County, TX HAER TX-26 (sheet 1 of 1).tif

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Site Plan - U.S. Naval Station, Orange, West bank of Sabine River, Orange, Orange County, TX
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Freeman, Joe, creator
Title
Site Plan - U.S. Naval Station, Orange, West bank of Sabine River, Orange, Orange County, TX
Depicted place Texas; Orange County; Orange
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER TX-26 (sheet 1 of 1)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: It was designed to provide berthing space for naval vessels on inactive status after WWII. It also provided support facilities for personnel attached to the installation. Located on the west bank of the Sabine River, the facility initially included piers, wharves, shops, warehouses, administration buildings, and eventually housing and recreational facilities. Construction was initiated in 1946 by Brown and Root, Inc., from architectural and engineering designs provided by the regionally significant consortium of Cummins Stone and Shutts. The facility was one of fourteen such berthing bases in the United States and the only one on the Gulf Coast. It was used until 1960 by the Atlantic Reserve Fleet and provided storage for approximately 200 ships...
  • Survey number: HAER TX-26
  • Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1962 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tx0741.sheet.00001a
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