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This led to the creation of several new public projects including Renton's first public swimming pool in 1955, and the development of Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park's land. [9] In 1955, the City of Renton acquired 23 acres of Lake Washington shore land in a property exchange with the Pacific Coast Railroad Company. The land was cleared by 1963 ...
Renton is a city in King County, Washington, United States, and an inner-ring suburb of Seattle. Situated 11 miles (18 km) southeast of downtown Seattle, Renton straddles the southeast shore of Lake Washington, at the mouth of the Cedar River. As of the 2020 census, the population of Renton was 106,785, [5] up from 90,927 at the 2010 census.
Kennydale is a neighborhood in Renton, Washington, in the United States. As of 2008, it had an estimated population of 4,840. [1] It lies along the southeastern shore of Lake Washington and straddles Interstate 405 which runs north-south between Renton and Bellevue, and borders the Newport Shores neighborhood of Bellevue. The part of the ...
The Spirit of Washington dinner train was a dinner train that operated for 15 years from Renton, Washington, with trips heading to Woodinville and back, and then for three months out of Tacoma, with trips heading from Tacoma to Lake Kapowsin near Mount Rainier. On October 29, 2007, the operators of the dinner train announced they would be ...
Lake Youngs is a reservoir in King County, Washington, United States.It is located between Maple Valley and Renton along the route of pipelines carrying water from the Cedar River to Seattle (the most recent of these is the Bow Lake pipeline, which was built in 1954 [1] [2]) and is accessible only to Seattle Public Utilities staff and authorized visitors.
The collection is particularly notable for photographs covering the period 1880 through 1940, showing images of local coal mining and railroads as well as the civic and social life of its residents. [4] Renton History Museum in 2006. Recent exhibits staged in the museum include: 100 Years at Renton High; Sustaining a City; The Twilight Zone Art ...
The reservoir was sold to the Cascade Water Alliance, a collective of municipalities in King County, to provide drinking water to 350,000 residents and 20,000 businesses. The lake is open to recreational use through an agreement between Cascade and homeowners on Lake Tapps to maintain certain reservoir levels during the summer.
King County Water Taxi terminal, 2015 more images: 1997 [98] extant dock Seacrest Park [98] The Elliott Bay Water Taxi, started its run from Downtown to West Seattle in 1997. [98] In April 2009, the route was renamed from the Elliott Bay Water Taxi to the King County Water Taxi, [99] and dock was upgraded. [98] 8 Seattle Yacht Club (Yacht ...