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Seattle is named after a local Duwamish tribal chief, Chief Sealth, whose name the settlers mispronouncedFounded in 1869, it is the largest city in Washington, with a population of over 560,000 peopleNo CaptionThe Port of Seattle is one of the largest container facilities in the United States......with more than 400 acres of container terminal space, 24 container cranes and an average of 65 steamship calls a monthThe Port of Seattle has one of the finest natural deep-draft harbors in the worldWashington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States
No CaptionA frequent ferry passengerThe Edgewater, Seattle's only waterfront hotel, was built in 1962 for the World's FairAh.... here's a Seattleite now... (actually a Redmondite if you want to be exact) Standing 522 feet high, with 42 stories, the Smith Tower was the tallest building in the world outside Manhattan when it opened on July 4, 1914Built in 1985, the Bank of America Tower is the tallest skyscraper (295 feet) in the Seattle skyline, and the tallest building by number of floors (76) west of the Mississippi RiverAfter 26 years of being home to the Seattle Seahawks, the King Dome was imploded in March, 2002
The new SeaHawk's Stadium now occupies the former Kingdome siteNo CaptionNo CaptionKing Street Center’s clocktower near Union StationOne of Seattle's famous natural landmarks is Mt. RainierAt 14,411 feet, Mt Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascades and highest point in WashingtonPike Place Market, opening August 17, 1907, is the oldest continually operating farmers’ market in the United States
The market is visited by an estimated nine million visitors every yearIt features about 500 businesses including farmers and merchants that offer fresh fish......vegetables......flowers, crafts, restaurants and artworkNo CaptionThe Seattle Center is a 74 acre site that was chosen for the 1962 World's FairIt's the home of Key Arena, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Mercer Arts Arena, Memorial Stadium, the Pacific Science Center, Experience Music Project, and the Space Needle
Originally called the "Space Cage," the Space Needle is 605 feet tall, and in 1962, was the tallest building west of the MississippiThe International FountainThe Experience Music Project's Roots and Branches sculpture is make up of over 500 musical instrumentsMarion Oliver McCaw Hall is home of the Pacific Northwest BalletNo CaptionNo CaptionNo Caption
Pioneer Square, Seattle’s oldest neighborhood is a 20 city-block National Historic DistrictThe Pergola (1905), was designed to shelter passengers waiting for the cablecarA confused delivery truck driver toppled the Pergola on January 15, 2001. It was repaired and restored in August 2002.No CaptionThe new Seattle Public Library opened its doors on Sunday, May 23, 2004Rem Koolhaas, a dutch architect, designed the 11-floor, 362,987-square-foot buildingNo Caption
Seattle Central LibraryGasworks Park was originally a plant that converted coal and oil to manufactured gas for various home usesThe import of natural gas in the 1950s made the plant obsolete. The city acquired the site for a park in 1962 and opened the park in 1975.Queen Anne High School (1909)The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks provide a link for boats......between the saltwater of the Puget Sound... ...and the fresh water of the Ship Canal connecting Lake Union and Lake Washington
Salmon, sockeye, chinook, coho salmon and steelhead use a step ladder to swim upstream to spawnWoodland Park ZooNo CaptionNo CaptionUniversity of Washington's Husky Stadium was built in 1920No CaptionNo Caption
The two longest floating bridges in the world float atop Lake Washington connecting Seattle with the Eastside. The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (1963) is 7,578 feet long and the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge (1940) is 6620 feet long.The tunnel entrance to the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial BridgeChateau Ste. Michelle is one of more than 50 wineries based in the Puget Sound areaFounded in 1934, Chateau Ste. Michelle is Washington's oldest wineryChateau Ste. Michelle uses grapes grown in the warmer, drier wine regions of the Columbia Valley, to the east of the Cascade Mountain rangeChateau Ste. Michelle was just named American Winery of the Year by Wine Enthusiast MagazineA frequent visitor of the winery
Snoqualmie Falls is 26 miles east of SeattleThe falls plunge 270-foot falls into a 65-foot-deep pool belowA Beluga whale at the Pt. Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in TacomaNo CaptionAlthough not official, many believe the Land Slug is Seattle's official molluskNo CaptionThe Seattle skyline from West Seattle