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=== Post–statehood === | === Post–statehood === | ||
[[File:B-17Es at Boeing Plant, Seattle, Washington, 1943.jpg|thumb|[[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress]] bombers under construction, circa{{nbsp}}1942]] | [[File:B-17Es at Boeing Plant, Seattle, Washington, 1943.jpg|thumb|[[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress]] bombers under construction, circa{{nbsp}}1942]] | ||
[[File:MSH80 early eruption st helens from NE 04-10-80.jpg|thumb|Early eruption of Mt. St. Helens]]For a long period, [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] had large smelters where gold, silver, copper, and lead ores were treated.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wigren|first=Erika L.|date=May 8, 2019|title=From the Tacoma Community History Project: A History of the Tacoma Smelter & Its Workers|url=https://sites.uw.edu/uwtacomalibrary/2019/05/08/tchp-tacoma-smelter/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902185130/https://sites.uw.edu/uwtacomalibrary/2019/05/08/tchp-tacoma-smelter/comment-page-1/|archive-date=September 2, 2021|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=UW Tacoma Library|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Seattle]] was the primary port for trade with Alaska and the rest of the country, and for a time, it possessed a large shipbuilding industry. The region around eastern Puget Sound developed heavy industry during the period including | [[File:MSH80 early eruption st helens from NE 04-10-80.jpg|thumb|Early eruption of Mt. St. Helens]]For a long period, [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] had large smelters where gold, silver, copper, and lead ores were treated.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wigren|first=Erika L.|date=May 8, 2019|title=From the Tacoma Community History Project: A History of the Tacoma Smelter & Its Workers|url=https://sites.uw.edu/uwtacomalibrary/2019/05/08/tchp-tacoma-smelter/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902185130/https://sites.uw.edu/uwtacomalibrary/2019/05/08/tchp-tacoma-smelter/comment-page-1/|archive-date=September 2, 2021|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=UW Tacoma Library|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Seattle]] was the primary port for trade with Alaska and the rest of the country, and for a time, it possessed a large shipbuilding industry. The region around eastern Puget Sound developed heavy industry during the period including World War I and [[World War II]], and the [[Boeing]] company became an established icon in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kershner|first=Jim|date=September 8, 2015|title=Boeing and Washington|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/11111|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902185411/https://www.historylink.org/File/11111|archive-date=September 2, 2021|access-date=September 2, 2021|website=Historylink.org}}</ref> | ||
During the [[Great Depression]], a series of [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric dams]] were constructed along the Columbia River as part of a project to increase the production of electricity. This culminated in 1941 with the completion of the [[Grand Coulee Dam]], the largest concrete structure in the United States and the largest dam in the world at its construction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grand Coulee Dam Construction and Legacy|url=https://depts.washington.edu/depress/grand_coulee.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902185634/https://depts.washington.edu/depress/grand_coulee.shtml|archive-date=September 2, 2021|access-date=September 2, 2021|publisher=University of Washington}}</ref> | During the [[Great Depression]], a series of [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric dams]] were constructed along the Columbia River as part of a project to increase the production of electricity. This culminated in 1941 with the completion of the [[Grand Coulee Dam]], the largest concrete structure in the United States and the largest dam in the world at its construction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grand Coulee Dam Construction and Legacy|url=https://depts.washington.edu/depress/grand_coulee.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902185634/https://depts.washington.edu/depress/grand_coulee.shtml|archive-date=September 2, 2021|access-date=September 2, 2021|publisher=University of Washington}}</ref> | ||