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The jetty
protects the entrance to the Galveston/Houston Ship Channel. The North
Jetty Road, 1.7 miles from the Ferry Landing, is unmarked except for a
large sign on the inland side of the highway. The road dead-ends into
the North Jetty, one of the two jetties which guard the entrance to
Galveston Bay and the
ship channel.
The jetty was built of huge granite blocks in the 1890's by the Army
Corp of Engineers. Without the jetties, large ships would not be able
to travel the channel as the channel would silt over and boats with
more than a 12 foot draft would be unable to navigate through the area.
The North Jetty extends five miles into the Gulf. People love to go
crabbing there. For a remarkable
experience the visitor may walk two miles out on the jetty. He will
encounter countless fishermen and possibly even a hermit crab crossing
the walk with his 'house' on his back.
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