Tacoma, Washington
Pierce County · Population 219,346 · Card no. 6098
The third largest city in the state, on Commencement Bay, chosen as the Northern Pacific's western terminus in 1873 and built on lumber, shipping and smelting.
- Union Station, from 1911, now holds a Chihuly glass installation and a federal courthouse.
- The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse of 1940 is the most studied engineering failure in the country.
- Point Defiance Park is one of the largest urban parks in the United States.
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