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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): Port Gamble Historic District
This company town was founded in 1853, and ran the longest running timber mill in the US, which just closed in 1995. Seattle architect Charles Bebb designed many of the town's buildings.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Marmes Rockshelter
Despite being the fact that human remains at the site are the oldest that have been found in Washington, and at the time of excavation, the oldest set of remains found in North America, the site was submerged under water after the...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): Mount Rainier Natl Park
The National Park Service's master planning process at this national park in the 1920s marked a significant evolution in the professional management of scenic and recreational lands. The park retains most of the facilities that grew out...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Panama Hotel
An image of the Panama Hotel.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Paradise Inn
Opened in 1917, and built in the National Park Service Rustic style of architecture, the Inn was closed in 2005 to undergo major remodeling to conform to safety standards, and scheduled to reopen in 2008.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
This shipyard was the primary repair destination for damaged battleships during World War II. Of the eight ships bombed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, five were repaired here.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): w.t. Preston (Snagboat)
From 1929 to 1981, the Preston worked clearing rivers of debris, to make them passable to ship traffic. Today the boat is in permanent dry dock, and houses a museum.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): Yakima Park Stockade Group
Log building complex of four individual buildings in Mount Rainier National Park that is architecturally significant on its own.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Virginia v (Steamer)
Constructed in 1922, the Virginia V is the last functioning ship of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, and the only "wooden-hull, steam-powered, passenger vessel" that operates on the West Coast of the United States.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Arthur Foss (Tugboat)
Built in 1889, the Arthur Foss is one of the oldest wooden-hulled tugboats afloat in the United States. She gained worldwide fame when the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio leased the vessel for its 1933 production Tugboat Annie, starring...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): Lightship No. 83 Relief
Built in 1904, the Relief (along with its sister ship) is the oldest surviving American lightvessel. Now moored at Seattle's Northwest Seaport at Lake Union Park and named the Swiftsure.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): Adventuress (Schooner Yacht)
Built in 1913 as a yacht for private Arctic exploration, this schooner actually spent most of its career as a pilot boat at San Francisco. It is significant as an example of the work of the naval architect Bowdoin B. Crowninshield, who...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Port Townsend
Formerly a prosperous customs station, this town retains a significant collection of 19th century commercial and residential buildings.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): Fireboat No. 1 (Tacoma)
Built in 1929, Fireboat No. 1 is now in permanent dry dock in Tacoma.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Fort Worden
An image of the Fort Worden.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Fort Nisqually Granary
Established in 1833, Fort Nisqually was the first European trading post on Puget Sound. Both of these buildings have been moved to Point Defiance Park, and a replica of the original Fort Nisqually as a living museum.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Wa (State): Nez Perce Natl Historical Park
Of the 38 sites in this park that commemorates the history of the Nez Perce people, two are in Washington: the Burial Site of Chief Joseph the Younger and Nez Perce Campsites at Nespelem.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Longmire Buildings
The three contributing buildings are the Service Station, the Community Building, and the third (former) Administration Building, and are examples of National Park Service Rustic architecture.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Duwamish (Fireboat)
An image of the DUWAMISH (Fireboat).
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): B Reactor
The B-Reactor at Hanford Site, Washington, was the first large scale plutonium production reactor ever built. The project was commissioned under the Manhattan Project, during World War II, to develop the first nuclear weapons.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Chinook Point
Captain Robert Gray became the first European to see the Columbia River at this location in 1792. His explorations gave the United States a strong position in its later territorial contests with Great Britain.