LYCOS RETRIEVER 
1900: City
built 356 days ago
In 1900 several efforts were under way to improve the steam railways. One was the ongoing effort to reduce air pollution—a process known as smoke abatement. Another effort was to elevate the steam railroads. In 1900 the steam railroads still mostly ran at street level--often in the middle of streets. This was both dangerous and delayed other traffic. The next several decades saw the elevation of the steam routes throughout the city.
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In memory of the victims lost at sea during the Galveston hurricane of September 8, 1900, fourth-generation Galvestonian artist David Moore created this memorial, "Place of Remembrance", to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the storm. The monument was dedicated in a ceremony held on September 9, 2000; the work represents the suffering of the victims and the strength of the survivors who stayed to rebuild the city.
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Galveston has a strange ambivalence about the 1900 storm. The tragedy was the city's defining moment. But a hurricane is the kind of repeatable event that civic boosters would just as soon forget.
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