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6 unusual facts about Tacoma


Skytop Lounge

Pullman-Standard delivered the cars between December 1948 and January 1949 for use on the Olympian Hiawatha, which operated between Chicago and Tacoma, Washington.

Stadium Bowl

The Stadium Bowl, originally known as Tacoma Stadium, is a 15,000-seat stadium located in Tacoma, Washington.

Tacoma Jets

The Tacoma Thunder were an International Basketball League team based in Tacoma, Washington.

Tacoma Sabercats

The Tacoma Sabercats were an American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Tacoma, Washington.

Tacoma-class frigate

In 1942, the success of German submarines against Allied shipping and the shortage of escorts with which to protect Allied sea lines of communication convinced U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt of a need to engage mercantile shipbuilders in the construction of warships for escort duty.

Ice prevented patrol frigates built on the Great Lakes from transiting the Soo Locks on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan in the winter and spring, requiring them to be floated down the Mississippi River on pontoons to New Orleans or Houston for fitting out, often doubling their construction time.


2012–13 Tacoma Stars season

In early September 2012, the Tacoma Stars signed veteran coach Joe Waters for the 2012–13 season.

Baarsma

Bill Baarsma, American Democrat, former mayor of Tacoma, Washington.

Bobby Adams

But Adams’ six-year tenure in Tacoma ended after the 1971 season, when Chicago moved its Triple-A affiliate to Wichita, Kansas.

Cascade Christian Schools

They comprise three elementary school campuses (Puyallup, Tacoma and Frederickson) several early childhood centers, and a junior/senior high school, providing education for roughly 1500 students.

Charlton Jimerson

With the trade of Sebastien Boucher and a player to be named later or cash to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher John Parrish on August 9, 2007, the Mariners optioned Charlton Jimerson to Triple-A Tacoma.

Chehalis Western Railroad

In addition, the city of Tacoma began allowing two excursion railroads to operate over portions of the line: the Chehalis–Centralia Railroad, which now operates from Chehalis west to Ruth, Washington (and as a result, operates on the now-restored tracks of the first Chehalis Western Railroad), and the 7-mile Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, which operates between Tacoma and Morton.

CKKQ-FM

Thanks to the prime position of CKKQ's transmitter on the Malahat Ridge, its signal reaches up Vancouver Island as far north as Nanaimo, onto the Lower Mainland as far east as Kent and into Washington as far south as Tacoma, on a good day.

Davey Armstrong

Armstrong began boxing at the Tacoma Boys Club, along with future world champions Rocky Lockridge and Johnny Bumphus, as well as 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales.

Edwin Harrison McHenry

In the 1880s McHenry was the principal assistant engineer on Stampede Pass during the construction of Stampede Tunnel, linking western Washington and especially the Puget Sound ports of Seattle and Tacoma to the East by rail.

In the 1880s on the Northern Pacific, McHenry was the principal assistant engineer on Stampede Pass during the construction of Stampede Tunnel, linking western Washington and especially the Puget Sound ports of Seattle and Tacoma to the East by rail.

Ernie Leacock

Ernest Sidney "Ernie" Leacock (c. March 1906 - c. 1977) was a professional ice hockey defender who played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the North West Hockey League between 1927 and 1934 for the Victoria Cubs, Tacoma Tigers and Portland Buckaroos.

Forterra

Forterra has official partnerships with the cities of Everett, Kent, Kirkland, Redmond, Seattle, and Tacoma in leading stewardship projects at city parks and urban forests.

Harley Hunt

Hunt served as associate pastor of First Baptist Church of Port Angeles, Washington (1966–1968) and as senior pastor of Gregory Heights Baptist (now Burien Community) Church in Seattle, Washington (1968–1974), Clearfield Community Church in Clearfield, Utah (1974–1983), Emerald Baptist Church in Eugene, Oregon (1983–1985), and Grace Baptist Church in Tacoma, Washington (1994–2004).

Harry Stewart

In 1927 Stewart worked as an announcer, weather reporter, newsman and banjo player on KVI, a radio station that had recently started in Tacoma.

Highland Park and Lake Burien Railway

It was called "The Highline" to distinguish it from "The Mainline" which in the south end went out the Duwamish/Green River Valley to Renton Junction, on to near Kent and Auburn to Puyallup onto Tacoma.

Interstate 705

The Bridge of Glass, linking the Museum of Glass on the shorefront to downtown Tacoma, passes over I-705 as it continues north, paralleling the Thea Foss Waterway to the east, and Firemans Park to the west.

Jeanette I. Sustad

She graduated from Stadium High School in Tacoma, and earned a B.A. degree in sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1943.

John W. Sprague

He was instrumental in selecting the route for the railroad's Pacific Division, from what later became Kalama, Washington, to Tacoma.

KAMT

KKMO, a radio station (1360 AM) licensed to serve Tacoma, Washington, United States, which held the call sign KAMT from 1983 to 1997

KBTC

KBTC-TV, a television station (channel 27) licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States

KIRO

KIRO-FM, a radio station (97.3 FM) licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States

Lay Your Hands on Me

The video for this song was culled from performances at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA and the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR during The Jersey Syndicate Tour.

Mark Crisson

After resigning his Navy commission in 1975, he first joined Tacoma Public Utilities in Tacoma, Washington as part of its Power Management group, and stayed eight years before leaving in 1983 to become power manager for Martin Marietta when it owned an aluminum company.

Mars Hill Church

The church recently announced its plans to plant additional churches (likely in 2014) in Tacoma and Phoenix.

Northwest Youth Leadership Conference

The Northwest Youth Leadership Conference is an annual conference held at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.

NUMMI

On August 27, 2009, Toyota announced that it would discontinue its production contract with NUMMI, shifting Tacoma production to its San Antonio, Texas pickup plant and Corolla assembly to Blue Springs, Mississippi.

Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation

In the summer of 2011, the SP 4449 hauled two excursions: one to Tacoma and Stampede Pass for the NRHS annual convention, and another up the Columbia River Gorge to Wishram to celebrate its 70th anniversary and help to raise funds for an upcoming 15-year boiler certification.

Pacific Sports Center

Between the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, Tacoma Stars team owner Marian Bowers completed construction on a new multi-sport facility to replace the team's former home, the Tacoma Soccer Center.

Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet

For navigation purposes, Puget Sound was sometimes divided into the "upper Sound" referring to the waters south of the Tacoma Narrows, and the lower sound, referring to the waters from the Tacoma Narrows north to Admiralty Inlet.

Roxy LeBlanc

At the conclusion of the season, the family moves to Tacoma, Washington when Trevor is "PCS-ed" to Fort Lewis.

Salishan, Tacoma, Washington

In April 2001, the Tacoma Housing Authority received a $35 million HOPE VI grant to revitalize Salishan.

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation

In 1939, the old shipyard in Commencement Bay, Tacoma was revived by Todd and Kaiser Shipbuilding together with the aid of some $15 million in capital provided by the US Navy, for the production of vessels in anticipation of possible US entry into World War II.

Skagit Regional Airport

In the 1980s, Harbor Airlines operated commercial passenger flights into and out of MVW to Seattle-Tacoma International and to Oak Harbor, WA, using Britten-Norman Islander aircraft.

Stanton Warburton

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress, and afterwards resumed the practice of law in Tacoma, Washington.

Steilacoom

Lake Steilacoom, a lake in Pierce County, Washington, approximately 2.5 miles southwest of Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma Guitars

Tacoma Guitars began as a division of Young Chang America, which had been processing Northwest hardwood for export in Tacoma for piano soundboards since 1991.

Tacoma Opera

Wolf then served as the company's general director until the late 1990s, during which time Tacoma Opera produced several premieres, including the West Coast premiere of Offenbach's Christopher Columbus and the world premiere of Seattle composer Carol Sams' The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Tacoma Streetcar

In April 2006, Tacoma City Council Members approved a resolution that affirmed the City's efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and curb global warming in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol.

Tawan W. Davis

Davis was born in 1979 Tacoma, Washington, but he grew up in Portland, Oregon, where he was raised by his single mother, Sylvia.

Tillicum, Lakewood

Tillicum is a neighborhood located in Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington bordered by the Tacoma Country and Golf Club to the north, Camp Murray to the south, Fort Lewis to the East, and American Lake to the west.

Washington State Route 164

SR 164 was first defined under law to be built and paved by the state of Washington in 1913 as the McClellan Pass Highway, extending southeast from Tacoma along the Puyallup and White rivers to Chinook Pass and towards Naches along an existing county road from Auburn and Enumclaw built in the 1890s.

William M. Whidden

He worked at the firm McKim, Mead and White from at least 1882 until 1888; projects included the Tacoma and Portland Hotels per wiki MM&W page 1-2011; then travelled to Portland, Oregon, in 1883 to work on the Portland Hotel.


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