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Harold LeMay. Harold E. LeMay (September 4, 1919 – November 4, 2000) was the owner of Harold LeMay Enterprises, a refuse company in the Tacoma, Washington metro area. [ 1] He was the owner of one of the largest private automobile collections in the world at the time of his death.
Children's Activity Museum, Ellensburg, closed in 2014 [32] Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science, and Technology, Richland, closed in 2014. Consolidated Works - Seattle. Fairchild Heritage Museum & Air Park, closed in 2002 [33] [34] Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art, Bellevue, closed in 2012.
The Ash Street shootout was a gunfight on September 23, 1989, in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington, United States, between off-duty United States Army Rangers and members of the Hill Street Crips who were involved in drug dealing and gang activity. [ a] An already tense neighborhood situation, wherein Staff Sergeant Bill Foulk[ b ...
The land donated to the museum by the City of Tacoma is estimated to be worth $17 million. [2] The American Automobile Association (AAA) of Washington made the largest corporate donation to date with its 2008 commitment of $1.6 million. [6] Other major museum sponsors are Bonhams, Boeing, The News Tribune, and State Farm Insurance. Other donors ...
The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first bridge at this location, was a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula. It opened to traffic on July 1, 1940, and dramatically collapsed into Puget Sound on November 7 of the same year. [ 1]
October 18, 1984. The Engine House No. 4 in Tacoma, Washington, at 220-224 E. 26th St., was built in 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It is a two-story brick building with "classically inspired terra cotta details", and it has a salient four-story hose tower. It was designed by architect Frederic Shaw ...
U.S. Route 12 ( US 12) is a major east–west U.S. Highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan. It spans 430.5 miles (692.8 km) across the state of Washington, making it the second longest highway in the state. It is also the only numbered highway to span the entire state from west to east, starting near the Pacific Ocean ...
A rolled over semi-truck on a Tacoma on state Route 16 near Interstate 5 is blocking traffic. The semi-truck driver was on state Route 16 to northbound 1-5 and was not properly able to drive ...