Thea Christiansen Foss (8 June 1858 – 7 June 1927) was the founder of Foss Maritime, the largest tugboat company in the western United States. She was...
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The Thea Foss Waterway, formerly the City Waterway, is a north–south inlet of Commencement Bay separating downtown Tacoma, Washington, from the Port of...
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Foss Maritime (formerly Foss Launch and Tug Company), is an American tugging company. The company was founded in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857–1927) and her...
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rower Thea Exley (1923–2007), Australian archivist and art historian Thea Flaum, American TV producer Thea Foss (1857–1927), American entrepreneur Thea Garrett...
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USS Amber (redirect from Thea Foss (yacht))
the Foss Launch and Tug Company of Tacoma, Washington and restored there at their own shipyard as the company yacht, named for its founder Thea Foss. As...
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Henry Foss High School in Tacoma, Washington is named after him. Foss was one of four children born to Norwegian immigrant parents, Andrew and Thea Foss, first...
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density of art and history museums; and a restored urban waterfront, the Thea Foss Waterway. The area was inhabited for thousands of years by American Indians...
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It is sometimes called Foss Waterway Bridge, although the Murray Morgan Bridge also crosses Foss Waterway. "SR-509 at Thea Foss Waterway", National Bridge...
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Coast. At re-launch, Foss renamed the tug Arthur Foss in honor of the company president and eldest son of company founder Thea Foss. Following successful...
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light rail line on Pacific Avenue. The highway travels east over the Thea Foss Waterway on the cable-stayed 21st Street Bridge into the Port of Tacoma...
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to the city. The Bridge of Glass connects the Museum of Glass on the Thea Foss Waterway to the downtown and attractions along Pacific Avenue such as...
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author Norman Reilly Raine which were supposedly based on the life of Thea Foss of Tacoma, Washington. There is also a theory that her character is loosely...
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librarian and poet Thea Foss (1857–1927), Norwegian-American businessperson Thore Torkildsen Foss (1841–1913), Norwegian politician Tore Foss (1901–1968), Norwegian...
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The timing of his proposal corresponded with the idea to redevelop the Thea Foss Waterway, an industrial site. The chairman of the council, George Russel...
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it is a project area within the Commencement Bay Superfund site. The Thea Foss Waterway, an arm of Commencement Bay near downtown Tacoma, was declared...
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the funeral. He offers to get Miranda a singing gig at the prestigious Thea Foss Theatre. Jim is jealous and says he has a better gig at a venue in Seattle...
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Lewis County of Washington state. The peak is named for Thea Foss (1857–1927), who founded the Foss Maritime Company with her husband in 1889. The peak also...
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regions Berit Ås - Politician, professor and feminist. Thea Foss (1857–1927) - founder of Foss Maritime Hans Nielsen Hauge - (3 April 1771 – 29 March...
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Alice (1897 tugboat) (redirect from Simon Foss)
The film, which was based on a fictionalized version of the life of Thea Foss, starred the then very popular comedic actress Marie Dressler (1865–1934)...
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level, main level, and outside patio, there are views of Downtown Tacoma, Thea Foss Waterway, Commencement Bay, and the Olympic Mountains. Outside the museum...
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shipping activity took place along Ruston Way and along the mouth of the Thea Foss Waterway, which opens into Commencement Bay and the larger Puget Sound...
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salty tugboat captain Annie Brennan, a character based on the life of Thea Foss, first appeared in prose form in the weekly US journal Saturday Evening...
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pedestrian overpass that crosses I-705 and links the Museum of Glass on the Thea Foss Waterway shore to downtown Tacoma. The northbound lanes separate near...
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historical Seattle characters. Tugboat Annie (1933) was loosely based on Thea Foss, of Seattle. Likewise Hattie Burns, in Politics (1931), was based on Bertha...
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remaining remnant of the working waterfront on the western shore of the Thea Foss Waterway. With the entrance of viable railroad lines into the Puget Sound...
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bridge. The bridge connects downtown with the tidal flats, it spans the Thea Foss Waterway, originally known as the City Waterway. Designed by noted bridge...
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2018-01-22. David Wilma (January 30, 2003), "Cable-stayed bridge over Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway opens on January 22, 1997", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink...
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The museum sits on the Thea Foss Waterway. Along with the Discovery Wharf Children's Activity Area, the WWMM is a part of the Foss Waterway Seaport, a 501c3...
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Olson. Echo was propeller-driven and 66.5' long. On August 16, 1906, the Foss gasoline-powered launch Lion caught fire in Commencement Bay, when a fuel...
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Shipbuilding Corporation was founded in 1924 by Joseph M. Martinac on the Thea Foss Waterway in Tacoma, Washington. It specialized in the construction of...
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