Flag of Houston ( born Flag of the City of Houston ) is the official state symbol of the city of Houston ( Texas , USA ). The flag in its current form was approved in 1915 . The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2: 3.
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| Approved by | 1915 |
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| Proportion | 2: 3 |
The flag shows a five-pointed star on a blue background. Inside the star there is a 2-2-0 type locomotive (according to the ) - 4-4-0 “American” . This is due to the fact that in the late XIX - early XX centuries, steam locomotives of this type were widespread on the American continent , in particular they drove trains to the city. Approved in 1915, the flag was a slightly modified previous version of the flag of the city, adopted back in 1840 . The reason was the change of locomotives: a steam locomotive of type 2-1-0 , common in 1830-1850, was replaced by a steam locomotive of type 2-2-0, shown on the flag to the present.
Sources
- Description of the flag (Houston, Texas) . flagspot.net. Date of treatment April 24, 2012. Archived May 18, 2013.
- Houston and the Railways . University of Houston . Date of treatment April 24, 2012. Archived May 18, 2013.
- Reed Kinert. Early American Steam Locomotives: 1st Seven Decades, 1830-1900. - Superior Publishing Company, 1968. - 158 p.