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    Tank is being covered.
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    Burton Construction.
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    Stopped by today. Their logo is a cat scratch. Kind of dual meanings given it's location at Pierce Junction. In the world of oil and gas exploration, a wildcat well is an exploratory oil well that is drilled in land not known to be an oil field – it is the well where wildcat drillers explore. Looking over at the brine ponds next door at the cavern storage.
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    They're starting on the west side now.
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    New renderings on Vaughn's website. https://vaughnconstruction.com/clients/projects/texas-health-and-human-services-uthealth-continuum-of-care-campus-for-behavioral-health
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    Looks like tenants are moving in. This came out very nice.
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    Notice of Public Hearing sign from January.
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    Railroad commission- SSCI Environmental https://www.sscienvironmental.com/tag/railroad-commission/ The RRC map shows circular configuration at wells located at the Pierce Junction Salt Dome near State Highway 288 (SH 288) in south Houston (Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), RRC Public GIS Viewer). The concentric rings of wells that radiate from the salt dome are shown extending towards SH 288 and Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Parkway), just north of Pearland. Shown here is an aerial image of the Pierce Junction Salt Dome depicting the oil and gas activities in this area of south Houston in 1953 (Google Earth, 1953, Aerial Image).
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    You can always count on Central Market to show you high priced gourmet items. Today I noticed Wild Ramps for sale. They were $22 for a package. Wild Ramps are a type of wild leek. Paying $22 for green leafs is unusual. Brand is Dr. Delicacy
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    This is formally the Rio Bravo Oil Company's Oil Field. Our News: History of Pierce Junction Oil Field Community http://almedaournews.blogspot.com/2011/02/history-of-pierce-junction-oil-field.html Why all the reminiscing? A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to tour PJ and part of Almeda with my sister. The portion of PJ where we lived in the Rio Bravo Oil Company camp is likely under twenty of sanitary land fill and the Wildcatter Golf Course. This camp had three homes, a group of bachelor rooms and a mess hall.
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    Noticed a permit posted. 701 Holmes is defined as Tract 2-B. Tower is property of Crown Castle with an address of 711 Homes Rd. The water tower is a Horton Waterspear dated 1961.
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    Today I drove to Holmes & Almeda. That's supposed to be the heart of the junction? I see railroad crossings, but not sure if that's the particular ones.
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    Pierce Junction Salt Dome, Texas- Allied Geophysics Laboratory http://www.agl.uh.edu/pdf/theses/2014-suleyman.pdf Houston Geological Society An Introduction to Gulf Coast Oil Field http://cbth.uh.edu/outreach/fieldtripguides/Houston Geological Society_1941_Gulf Coast.pdf
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    Reading up on the subject and I'm very intrigued. Tell me more about Pierce Junction. Texas State Historical Association says a small city called Myrtle Texas, originally known as Myrtle Turf became the Pierce Junction oilfield. https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvmbh MYRTLE, TEXAS. Myrtle, originally known as Myrtle Turf, was two miles south of Houston in what became the Pierce Junction oilfield in southern Harris County. A Myrtle Turf post office operated from 1839 to 1843. The community reported a population of 153 in 1940, when it was on the International and Great Northern line. By the 1980s only scattered dwellings remained at the town site. PIERCE JUNCTION, TEXAS. Pierce Junction was at the intersection of the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads seven miles south of central Houston, but within the Houston city limits, in southern Harris County. The community was named in 1859 for its location at the intersection of what was then the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado and the Houston Tap railroads. Pierce Junction had a post office from 1876 to 1878. Ed Taylor found gas in his water well, and drilling that followed resulted in the discovery of oil in 1906. A much more extensive strike was made in 1921, and the Pierce Junction oilfield yielded 88,740,836 barrels through 1984. In 1939 the community had forty inhabitants and two businesses. By the 1960s Pierce Junction lay entirely within the city limits of Houston. https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/htp12 Pierce Junction Oil Field in 1927 - Where the Astrodome and Reliant Stadium Sit Today https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2014/04/06/the-weekly-oil-gas-follies-29/#429de0753211 Solarized Effect of the Pierce Junction Oil Field, Houston, TX https://oilmanmagazine.com/article/solarized-effect-pierce-junction-oil-field-houston-tx/
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