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Tacoma, WA is located on the lower Puget Sound in Washington State.
Tacoma has a population approaching 200,000
and an elevation of 87 feet above sea level.
The area was
discovered in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver and the first business, a
saw-mill was established in 1852.
The biggest boom for Tacoma was the Northern
Pacific Railroad selecting Tacoma
as its western terminal. Tacoma was the first port in Washington
State linked to the east coast by
rail so the link from the goods of the midwest and east coast to ships
through Tacoma’s
waterfront became the cities most important industry.
Today Tacoma hosts a
variety of industries and the lumber industry is still a maker player. The waterfront aspect still ranks high in
importance as Tacoma is the largest
container port in Washington
State.
Tacoma has two waterfront districts. The main waterfront district is the
shipping and industrial center east of downtown Tacoma
along Commencement
Bay. The other waterfront district is north of
the downtown area along Ruston
Way and runs along the Bay clear to Point Defiance Park
at the north end of the peninsula.
Tacoma
is central to a vast variety of tourist activities in the region including Hood Canal,
Mount Rainier National Park, Mt.
Saint Helens, Olympic National
Park, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,
and the Pacific Ocean
Beaches.
The City has
many museums, universities, the waterfront, and Point Definace
Park
We have
listed some of the attractions below.
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