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how Galveston was able to rebuild after the hurricane hit Galveston in 1900.

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Answered by LEGEND778
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After a storm inundated the city in 1837, a local carpenter, Joseph Ehlinger, suggested rebuilding the destroyed customshouse on four-foot pilings to raise it above the flood level. After that time, many structures in Galveston, residences included, were built on stilts.

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Answered by Anonymous
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After a storm inundated the city in 1837, a local carpenter, Joseph Ehlinger, suggested rebuilding the destroyed customshouse on four-foot pilings to raise it above the flood level.After that time, many structures inGalveston, residences included, were built on stilts.

12 years.

The recovery would take 12 years, but proved it was “worth the investment” during a 1915hurricane when only eight died, according to Elizabeth Hayes Turner, co-author with Patricia Bellis Bixel of Galveston and the 1900 Storm.

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