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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1963
Page
5
A reader explains that a proposed 47 000 ad valorem bond would not fund all road work solely by the city. Property owners would pay a proportional share, and no party gains a free ride. The petition is recalled, rewritten, and will be resubmitted for taxpayer consideration.
Shell Oil Company of Houston asks the U S Army Engineers district in Galveston for a permit to place structures in the Gulf of Mexico about 19 miles east of Port Mansfield Texas. The plan includes a mobile drilling platform 105 feet wide 205 feet long with a derrick 188 feet high and a lighted marker buoy plus a well jacket with warning light and horn.
The plan describes a radio tower project with a site roughly 110 feet wide and 126 feet long and a tower top elevation near 120 feet above mean sea level. The description emphasizes the structure size and height as key details of the installation.
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