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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class="caption-full">A mans reflections is seen on October 24, 2014 as he rides on the Sam Houston boat tour in Houston, TX. The Sam Houston offers a free 90 minute round trip cruise along the Houston Ship Channel. Embarking from the port's Sam Houston Pavilion, visiting sightseers aboard the M/V Sam Houston can enjoy passing views of international cargo vessels, and operations at the port's Turning Basin Terminal. The 95-ft. vessel holds up to 90 passengers and features air-conditioned lounge seating as well as standing room outside on the boat's deck. (Photo: Thomas B. Shea/For the Chronicle)<a class="more-caption"> less</a></div>
                            <div class="caption-truncated">A mans reflections is seen on October 24, 2014 as he rides on the Sam Houston boat tour in Houston, TX. The Sam Houston offers a free 90 minute round trip cruise along the Houston Ship Channel. Embarking from<a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
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                            <div class="caption-truncated">The American flag waves on the stern of the boat on October 24, 2014 on the Sam Houston boat tour in Houston, TX. The Sam Houston offers a free 90 minute round trip cruise along the Houston Ship Channel.<a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
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                            <div class="caption-truncated">Passengers on the stern of the Sam Houston look at cargo ships on October 24, 2014 as they enjoy the Sam Houston boat tour in Houston, TX. The Sam Houston offers a free 90 minute round trip cruise along the<a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class="caption-full">Sam Houston ship ambassador Robert Donley, right, visits with Barbara ﻿and ﻿Arnold Pulver and ﻿grandchildren﻿ Luke Wright, ﻿3, and Maya Wright, ﻿4, on a recent tour of the Houston Ship Channel.﻿</div>
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                            <div class="caption-truncated">Ship channel rifineries are seen on October 24, 2014, from the Sam Houston boat tour in Houston, TX. The Sam Houston offers a free 90 minute round trip cruise along the Houston Ship Channel. Embarking from the<a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class="caption-full">Passengers stand on the bow of the ship as the Texas flag is silhouetted as the Sam Houston travels the Houston Ship Channel on October 24, 2014 in Houston, TX. The Sam Houston offers a free 90 minute round trip cruise along the Houston Ship Channel. Embarking from the port's Sam Houston Pavilion, visiting sightseers aboard the M/V Sam Houston can enjoy passing views of international cargo vessels, and operations at the port's Turning Basin Terminal. The 95-ft. vessel holds up to 90 passengers and features air-conditioned lounge seating as well as standing room outside on the boat's deck.<a class="more-caption"> less</a></div>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class="caption-full">﻿The Port of Houston Authority has offered free tours of the Houston Ship Channel for nearly 60 years. ﻿</div>
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                        <div class="gallery-overlay-title">Sam Houston Boat Tour, idled since Harvey, to resume mid-December</div>
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            <p>The Sam Houston Boat Tour, a free 90-minute journey around the Port of Houston, hasn't run since Hurricane Harvey washed silt into the Houston Ship Channel.</p>

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            <p>Silt buildup near the dock meant the M/V Houston, which has been operating as Port Houston's public tour vessel since its inaugural voyage on July 30, 1958, was unable to navigate the waterway.</p>

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            <p>It was taken out of the water for annual maintenance as the silt was removed. Port Houston spokeswoman Lisa Ashley said tours should resume in mid-December.</p>

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