Resilience to Self Preservation | Galveston's 5 Seawall Projects
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Discover the Galveston seawall, an engineering marvel protecting the city from storms and hurricanes. Learn how this iconic barrier, completed in 1963, stands 17 feet high and 16 feet wide at the base, with 40,000 pounds of concrete per inch. Join us on Galveston Unscripted as we delve into the city's resilient history, exploring monumental infrastructure projects like the seawall. Don't miss our podcast for in-depth interviews and engaging stories. Follow us on social media for more exciting content. Support Galveston Unscripted as we preserve history in the most fun and engaging way possible.
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My great-grandfather and grand-grandmother came to Galveston from Sweden a little over a month after the Great Storm. They both spoke little English. But he helped clean up and pickup dead bodies around Galveston. He also helped build the seawall. They both are buried in the Broadway Cemetery.
I'm a BOI thanks for your work and commentary 😉
My Mom was born in 1950 and raised on 40th street, close to Galveston College. I always assumed the Seawall was already constructed before she was born. I didn't know it was done in phases including some during her lifetime. Great attention to detail, young fella! I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos. Cheers.
Just found this channel by accident, I never thought much of seawalls stopping waves, boy was I wrong, I was born and raised in Texas but in the Southwest, I now live in Arizona, I always wanted to go to Galveston, and now I got it on my bucket list, good commentary and educational. THE SARGE
Thanks for finding the channel by accident!
I’m here from Reddit! Good content fellow Texan!
Thanks buddy!! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Same 😊
We were able to research and learn about fort crockett while we were on the island for vacation in june. i love learning something new about your home every time we visit
thank you for your videos and podcast!!
Glad you enjoy the videos and Galveston!!
This was great! Galveston really is a beautiful town, and it's full of amazing, resilient history (and culture) ❤️ I always enjoy my visits there!
Thank you! So glad you enjoy!
I am so happy to discover and subscribe to this channel. I live “up the road” in Kingwood and a frequent visitor. Galveston gets so much hate (especially from us, Texans and I have to admit that I am a little guilty of it as well), but there is a lot to love about the island and its history. Good luck with the channel, keep spreading the good word.
Thanks for watching! Glad you found the channel!!
Saw comment in Reddit and came here, what an instructive video.
Same. As a native houstonian i had no clue about most of the stuff in this video. Subbed.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed/learned something!!
Thanks!! Check out the channel, I’ve covered tons of subjects. I have another 6 months of weekly videos planned.
Amazing project for the time. My understanding is that in 2024 it's not enough. With rising sea level and stronger, more frequent storms I see the "IKE DIKE", a 51B dollar project is being contemplated. Good luck Galveston
Yeah, the Ike Dike is more for protecting industry in and around Galveston Bay. Not so much Galveston. Atleast 20-30 years away from completing if they started today.
There's a video from UTMB during the new Jennie Sealy construction in 2012, where they had unearthed a portion of the seawall running through 6th street during the excavation. They had preserved it and only drilled into it to be able to lay the foundation over it. Other portions were removed when the original Jennie Sealy was constructed (1966-1968) and the John Sealy Plaza (2006).
And never a mention of Henry Robert? The creator of the wall and also the author of Roberts rules of order? His plaque is there at the wall BTW...
I think I forgot that he was contracted out of Denver lived on 24th street and ended up working on the Hoover Dam and also wrote Robert’s Rules of Order. It’ll make a separate video, I’m sure. Or I’ll subscribe to your channel and watch your take on the Seawall project!
Does corn kernels and toilet paper end up on the rocks
touches with hand… “it’s pretty sturdy”😅
😂😂
Rip to the camera
Lmao it still lives!
Galveston should INSTALL SEA WAVE BREAKERS a couple hundred feet frm beachs. Sllowing down the beach erosion
I’ll start the go fund me.
@galvestonunscripted
GOOD CAUSE......just like THE JETTIE but SUBMERGED ONE just bellow the height of low tide water level...
Surfers will stop that. I will head that up. Terramar local!
i dunno and i’m not an engineer, but it seems like they might be needing to raise it again in the future because of so much population increase?
Have you heard of the “Ike Dike”?
If not, give it a google.