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ID: 2115380
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2115380
Record Type:
administrative
Bremerton (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 47 34 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 47.5667
decimal degrees
Long: 122 37 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -122.6167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Port Orchard Bay across Puget Sound from Seattle in W Washington; ferry links city to Seattle & other E Washington areas; developed as important naval base for US Pacific Fleet.
Names:
Bremerton
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North and Central America
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United States
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Washington
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Kitsap
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Bremerton
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
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was laid out in 1891 by William Bremer, who helped develop Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
city (
C
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incorporated in 1901
port (
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includes Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, N home of US Pacific Fleet & site of Navy's Polaris Missile Facility
industrial center (
C
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for lumber
agricultural center (
C
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for dairy products
educational center (
C
)
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home of Olympic Technical Community College
tourist center (
C
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houses battleship USS "Missouri," signifying Japan's surrender to United States & its allies thus, ending WW II
Sources and Contributors:
Bremerton..........
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 499
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS53002216
Subject:
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 499
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS53002216
Note:
English
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