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	Information about the WEST POINT LIGHTHOUSE ...Seattle,WA
		When West Point Lighthouse was automated in 1985, 1t marked the passing of a 130-year era in Washington lighthouse history.
		The diminutive beacon was the last of its kind in the Evergreen State to be tended by a resident keeper.
		West Point Light is accessible via Discovery Park, a 543-acre natural area that is Seattle's largest city park.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /buildings/lighthouses/westpoint/info/info.htm (591 words)

	West Point Lighthouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The West Point Light, also known as the Discovery Park Lighthouse, is a 23-foot-high lighthouse on Seattle, Washington's West Point which juts into Puget Sound and marks the northern extent of Elliott Bay.
		It was illuminated with a kerosene lamp for its first 44 years, until it was attached to Seattle's electric grid in 1926.
		Under the National Historical Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, in early 2003, Seattle's Department of Parks and Recreation applied to the United States Department of the Interior to take custody of the lighthouse from the United States Coast Guard and incorporate it into Discovery Park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Point_Lighthouse (233 words)

	West Point (Seattle) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Point is the westernmost point in Seattle, Washington, USA, jutting into Puget Sound from the Magnolia neighborhood.
		At the point itself is the 1881 West Point Lighthouse, the first manned light station on Puget Sound.
		The original Duwamish Indian name for West Point, transliterated variously as Oka-dz-elt-cu, Per-co-dus-chule, or Pka-dzEltcu, means "thrust far out." West Point was given its current name in 1841 by U.S. Navy lieutenant Charles Wilkes, commander of the United States Exploring Expedition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Point_(Seattle) (161 words)

	West Point (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is also commonly used to refer to the United States Military Academy, located at West Point, New York.
		West Point Island, one of the Falkland Islands
		If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Point_(disambiguation) (106 words)

	Washington State Ferries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vashon Island to Seattle is the only current (as of October 2005) passenger only service operated by Washington State Ferries.
		West Seattle to the Seattle central business district and Bremerton to Seattle have been other passenger-only routes attempted by private enterprise.
		It was shutdown partially because of limited profitability, and because of continued lawsuits of residents living on the waterway used by the ferry to prevent the hi-speed ferries built for the run from running at their full speed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_State_Ferries (757 words)

	West Point Lighthouse
		West Point is bounded by Elliott Bay to the south and the Lake Washington Ship Canal to the north.
		The West Point Sewage Treatment Plant was built just north of the lighthouse in 1966 and remains today.
		In 1985, West Point became the last of Washington's lighthouses to be automated.
	www.rudyalicelighthouse.net /NWLts/WestPt/WestPt.htm (391 words)

	West Point - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		WEST POINT [West Point] U.S. military post, since 1802 seat of the United States Military Academy.
		On the high west bank of the Hudson River N of New York City, West Point was the site of Revolutionary forts guarding the Hudson.
		The plan of Benedict Arnold to surrender (1780) West Point to the British was discovered with the capture of Major John André.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-westpoin.html (219 words)

	News Archives - West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Seattle Fitz, West Point's five-year-old son of Fitzcarcarraldo, scored a dazzling victory in the $250,000 Brooklyn Handicap(G2) on June 12th at Belmont Park.
		Seattle Fitz came within nine-hundredths of a second of breaking the stakes record.
		Seattle Fitz began his career in Dubai for West Point Thoroughbreds, making the successful transition to the United States in the Spring of 2003.
	www.westpointtb.com /archived_news.asp?article=2418 (368 words)

	PBS - THE WEST - Seattle and Tacoma
		PBS - THE WEST - Seattle and Tacoma
		The history of anti-Chinese violence in the West repeats itself in Seattle and Tacoma, where vigilantes expelled the cities' Chinese inhabitants both in 1855 and a generation later in 1885.
		Both cities prospered with the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the 1880's, and Seattle boomed as the jumping-off point for the Alaska gold rush of the 1890's.
	www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/places/states/washington/wa_seattle.htm (75 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Secondary treatment of sewage begins at Seattle's West Point after years of controversy on December ...
		On December 31, 1995, secondary treatment of sewage from Seattle and King County is underway at West Point after years of controversy and $573 million in construction costs.
		First completed in 1966, West Point provided primary treatment of up to 125 million gallons a day of sewage from Seattle and King County.
		Upgrading the West Point plant was estimated to cost $240 million and add several dollars to the sewer rate for every household.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=2735 (633 words)

	Seattle Parks and Recreation: Discovery Park History, Military Base Reuse in Seattle
		Anticipating further growth of waterborne traffic in the wake of Seattle's flourishing lumber export business, the U.S. Lighthouse Board recommended in 1872 that a lighthouse be built at West Point.
		The West Point Lighthouse finally was automated in 1985, the last in the state to be converted.
		West Point was nine-tenths an island, connected to the mainland only by the narrow beach on the south side of the tidepool.
	www.seattle.gov /parks/parkspaces/DiscoveryPark/history.htm (1395 words)

	West Point Lighthouse, Washington at Lighthousefriends.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The West Point Treatment Plant, capable of processing 133 millions gallons of wastewater per day, was completed east of the lighthouse in 1966.
		In late 2002, the West Point Lighthouse was declared surplus by the federal government under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
		The city of Seattle was awarded ownership of the lighthouse in 2004, and Seattle Parks and Recreations has plans to restore the lighthouse and open it to the public.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=33 (832 words)

	ISA Seattle Monthly Meeting Report 02/97
		West Point is designed to deal with that situation.
		The original plan included the construction of treatment plants at West Point and Renton and large, pumped, pipelines to collect sewage throughout the area and get it to the treatment plants.
		This takes room, and there are only 30 acres at West Point, which isn’t enough room for a conventional secondary treatment plant.
	www.isa.org /~seattle/isar0297.htm (796 words)

	Seattle Fitz - West Point Thoroughbreds
		Born and raised in Argentina, the son of Fitzcarraldo was purchased by Terry Finley at the Pearls of Dubai sale in the United Arab Emirates.
		Seattle Fitz provided Finley and the West Point shareholders with their biggest win to date in the G2 Brooklyn Handicap at Belmont Park on June 11.
		Seattle Fitz had previously shown high class by winning the G3 Aqueduct Handicap over G1-winner Evening Attire and by taking the G3 William Schaefer Handicap on the 2004 Preakness undercard.
	www.horsehats.com /SeattleFitz.html (290 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: King County Historical Bibliography, Part 08a: Overview 1
		The City of Seattle’s growth was phenomenal in the 1880s with new civic improvements such as construction of street railways, erection of a county courthouse, and the organization of a Chamber of Commerce.
		Seattle and King County enterprises and industries, including Schwabacher Hardware, Kirkland’s woolen mill, and the farms of the White River Valley became outfitters, suppliers, and provisioners to the tens of thousands of gold seekers who poured through Seattle on their way to the gold fields.
		Seattle had acquired considerable territory along its northern limits in 1891, but in the three years from 1907 to 1910 eight King County municipalities were annexed into the City of Seattle, including Ballard, Columbia City, Georgetown, Ravenna, South Park, South Seattle, Southeast Seattle, and West Seattle.
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=7149 (9450 words)

	Welcome to the High Point Neighborhood
		High Point is one of the most ambitious, exciting and rewarding redevelopment initiatives in the history of Seattleand now is about to become of the best places to buy a new home.
		New streets are being re-aligned and reconnected with the West Seattle grid, new neighborhood facilities will operate at inviting locations, and the mix of housing types and resident income levels will be compatible with the greater neighborhood.
		When the new High Point is completed, the neighborhood will have a healthy mix of 1,600 new homes, townhomes and apartments across its 130 acres, a vibrant mix of neighbors of all backgrounds, interests and origins and will be fully integrated into its West Seattle locale.
	www.thehighpoint.com (529 words)

	Cole, Loren Fletcher
		In 1931, Fletcher graduated from West Point and subsequently, was stationed at Fort Myer, Virginia from 1931 through 1935.
		Fletcher has been a regular at his West Point Reunions and most recently, attended his 65th reunion in 1996 with five members of his family.
		In addition, in 1992 Fletcher was one of the speakers at the Centennial Reunion of the Class of 1892, his father's class.
	www.west-point.org /users/usma1931/9109 (1099 words)

	Working Waterfronts - Redefining Build to Suit
		West Point combines Seattle's largest park with a water treatment plant that processes 133 million gallons of sewage per day.
		The West Point Waste Water Treatment Plant is located four miles northwest of downtown Seattle, on the shores of Puget Sound, in Discovery Park.
		Discovery Park occupies 534 acres along the water, and the treatment plant's expansion was projected to occupy 80 acres.
	www.waterwire.net /working/sewagedesigns_1a.html (215 words)

	WEST POINT LIGHTHOUSE,Seattle,Washington
		West Point Lighthouse, Seattle, WA In November 1981, West Point Lighthouse, at the north entrance to Elliott Bay celebrated its 100th anniversary.
		The trim, little structure has endeared itself to Seattleites for many years and except for a few additions it is little altered from its inception.
		The first fog signal, a steam whistle was installed at West Point on February 7, 1887, and at the turn of the century a new fog signal building provided equipment to blast second class Daboll trumpets which served many years till the advent of more modern foghorns.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /buildings/lighthouses/westpoint/westpoint.htm (165 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: West Point Lighthouse
		The West Point Light Station, which remains essentially unchanged from the time it was built, in on the National Register of Historic Places.
		West Point was nine-tenths an island, only connected to the mainland by the narrow beach on the south side of the tide pool.
		On the trip back to West Point, the launch had to be landed on the beach in the surf, with the potential for capsizing.
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=4183 (2265 words)

	Seattle Post-Intelligencer: West Seattle
		Lindsay Austin, 19, of Seattle, was the woman who died after a crash between a car and a box truck in West Seattle, the Medical Examiner's office reported Tuesday.
		A 19-year-old Seattle woman was killed and two men were injured Monday afternoon when a box truck collided with a car at a West Seattle intersection.
		West Seattle residents are represented in the Washington State Legislature by one senator, Sen. Erik Poulsen, and two members of the House of Representatives, Rep.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /webtowns/town.asp?WTID=21 (746 words)

	High Point
		High Point is one of three Hope VI projects in Seattle in which New Urban tools are being used to convert former public housing dating from World War II into pedestrian-friendly, multi-income and multi-use neighborhoods.
		High Point construction was well underway in the summer of 2005, and in June the first residents had already moved into some of the multi-family rental units that were the first to be completed.
		High Point represents an even larger challenge than New Holly and Rainier Vista as the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) is committed to replacing, unit-for-unit, the 716 homes that were occupied by some of the lowest income families in the city (average family income was less than $11,000).
	www.tndwest.com /highpoint.html (852 words)

	West Point Treatment Plant, Seattle, Washington -- King County Wastewater Treatment Division
		West Point's wastewater treatment process produces valuable byproducts that can be reused within the plant and throughout the region, including:
		Biosolids, the nutrient-rich organic matter produced by treating wastewater solids, are used as a soil amendment for dryland and irrigated agriculture, forest fertilization and is composted for landscaping and gardening.
		The West Point Plant discharges treated wastewater under permits issued by the Washington State Department of Ecology.
	dnr.metrokc.gov /wtd/westpoint (970 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia
		Alki Point (pronounced [ˈæl.kaɪ]) is the westernmost point in West Seattle, Washington; Alki is the peninsular neighborhood surrounding it.
		Part of the city of West Seattle from 1902 to 1907, Alki was annexed to Seattle along with the rest of West Seattle in 1907.
		This section of West Seattle is bounded on the northwest by Elliott Bay; on the southwest by Puget Sound; and on the east by the West Seattle hill.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Alki,_Seattle,_Washington (499 words)

	News Archives - West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Seattle Fitz, a five-year-old son of Fitzcarraldo, will seek his first Grade 1 victory when he lines up in the $750,000 Whitney Handicap(G1) on August 7th at Saratoga.
		Seattle Fitz enters the Whitney of back-to-back graded stakes victories including a stakes record tying score in the $250,000 Brooklyn Handicap(G2) at Belmont.
		Seattle Fitz was purchased in 2002 by West Point President Terry Finley and campaigned in the fall of 2002 and spring of 2003 in Dubai before shipping to the United States in the late spring on 2003.
	www.westpointtb.com /archived_news.asp?article=2874 (132 words)

	Seattle Fitz To Skip Suburban and Point to Whitney - bloodhorse.com
		Seattle Fitz To Skip Suburban and Point to Whitney - bloodhorse.com
		Seattle Fitz will be ridden in the Whitney by Richard Migliore, who rode him to both victories in the Schaefer and Brooklyn.
		For the season Seattle Fitz has banked $401,060 to push his career earnings to $590,621.
	www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=23093 (235 words)

	The Seattle Times: Search Results
		Alki Point was one of his later creations, going up in 1913 and replacing a post lantern that had been marking the spot since 1887.
		The old Alki Point lantern is visible at the Coast Guard Museum at Pier 36 (1519 Alaskan Way S.; www.rexmwess.com/cgpatchs/cogardmuseum.html), which is open from 9 a.m.
		Carol Molinari was visiting earlier this summer from her home in Roanoke, Va., and chanced upon the West Point lighthouse in Seattle's Discovery Park while park-hopping around the area.
	archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com /cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=nwwlighthouses17&date=20060817&source=st (1735 words)

	Paddle Seattle
		It is shrouded in clouds and moisture for much of the year, yet the summers are beautiful and warm, with hardly a drop of rain between July and October.
		Seattle is bordered by salt water on the west and by the rugged Cascade mountain range on the east.
		Paddle around and soak up the magnificent views of downtown Seattle, or poke in and around the many coves populated by moored ships and houseboats.
	www.canoekayak.com /destinations/westernus/seattle/index.html (776 words)

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