Texas City Disaster 1947 Exhibit

The city's rapid growth gave rise to housing shortages, and caused an increase in school enrollments. In 1947, the schoolchildren of Texas City went to school in double shifts to alleviate overcrowding. Shops and businesses lined Texas Avenue and 6^th street, and a bus line took passengers to Galveston and LaMarque twice a day.

	The city's rapid growth gave rise to housing shortages, and caused an increase in school enrollments. In 1947, the schoolchildren of Texas City went to school in double shifts to alleviate overcrowding. Shops and businesses lined Texas Avenue and 6^th street, and a bus line took passengers to Galveston and LaMarque twice a day.
A view of part of the business district in Texas City before the 1947 Texas City Disaster.