Baytown

Baytown is best known within Texas for the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex, a major refinery and chemical-manufacturing site that has long shaped the city’s industrial identity. On the northwestern shore of Galveston Bay, the city stands beside the Houston Ship Channel and near the lower San Jacinto River, within the working waterfront east of Houston. Modern Baytown emerged in 1948 through the consolidation of Baytown, Goose Creek and Pelly, communities closely connected to the early oil boom. The Lynchburg Ferry links Baytown with La Porte across the ship channel, maintaining a practical local crossing amid terminals, vessel traffic and coastal marshes. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Baytown and the Texas Gulf Coast.

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