Sleepless in Seattle 1,Seattle,USA
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Andrew(Chungho) Kim / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
G2AXEWFile size:
45.5 MB (4.1 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5188 x 3066 px | 43.9 x 26 cm | 17.3 x 10.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
16 February 2012Location:
Seattle,WA USA.More information:
Seattle is a West Coast seaport city and the seat of King County. With an estimated 684, 451 residents as of 2015, Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In July 2013 it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States, and remained in the top five in May 2015 with an annual growth rate of 2.1%.The Seattle metropolitan area of around 3.7 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the United States.The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canada–United States border. A major gateway for trade with Asia, Seattle is the third largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2015. The Seattle area was previously inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4, 000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subsequently known as the Denny Party, arrived from Illinois via Portland, Oregon on the schooner Exact at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. The settlement was moved to the eastern shore of Elliott Bay and named "Seattle" in 1852, after Chief Si'ahl of the local Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest, and an icon of Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew over 2.3 million visitors, when nearly 20, 000 people a day used its elevators. Once the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, it is 605 ft (184 m) high, 138 ft (42 m) wide, and weighs 9, 550 tons. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 miles per hour (89 m/s) and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude, [8] as strong as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. It also has 25 lightning rods.