The Puget Sound port city of Tacoma was founded in 1872 and experienced what author Rudyard Kipling described as “a boom of the boomiest” when the following year it was selected as the Pacific Northwest terminus of the transcontinental Northern Pacific Railway. After a brief downturn during ...
The article provides information on various transportation options in Puget Sound, Washington. The buses operated by King Country Metro Transit are the most common mass transit mode, traveling downtown Seattle. The region has two trains that run from King Street Station in Seattle south to Tacoma ...
Here at Two In Tow & On The Go, we have two playable public art pieces in the South Sound. Here’s a closer look. Read More Posted inAs Seen In Gig Harbor Now,Tacoma,Washington Adventures Paul Titus Carousel, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium ...
The ore and rock were delivered to the mill from the mines via a tramway. The mill was able to process 1200 tons of ore per day. It was cheaper to process the ore here, before shipping it down to Tacoma, Washington for final processing. The ore went through a series of crushers and...
This year we spent Thanksgiving aboard in the South Puget Sound (thearea between Olympia and Tacoma Narrows). With extreme high tides above 15 feet, we were able to explore the drying heads of several inlets:Henderson,Hammersley, andEld. The weather for the most part was excellent—bright bl...
South Sound Photo: Wikimedia, CC0. South Sound is in Puget Sound within Washington. Olympia Tacoma Puyallup TumwaterWhidbey Island Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0. Whidbey Island is the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, in the United States, and the largest island ...