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    Blair terminal
    Darrell Ogden loads explosives into the base of a smokestack on the former Kaiser Aluminum site on the Port of Tacoma tideflats.  The 500-foot tower was demolished Sunday morning to make room for future growth at the port. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Hundreds gather to witness smokestack fall at port
    By Todd Matthews • July 3, 2006 12:00 am

    Several hundred people gathered at Blair Terminal on the Port of Tacoma tideflats yesterday morning to witness a piece of…

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    The Kaiser Aluminum smelter site. (PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF TACOMA)
    Port makes final preparations for Kaiser smokestack demolition
    By Todd Matthews • June 29, 2006 12:00 am

    Three. Two. One. BOOM! That will be the sequence of events Sunday morning at 8am as the Port of Tacoma…

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    Breakbulk cargo volumes growing at Port of Tacoma
    Breakbulk cargo volumes growing at Port of Tacoma
    July 13, 2004 12:00 am

    The port continues to do a great amount of business.

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    2003 a record year for the Port of Tacoma
    2003 a record year for the Port of...
    February 10, 2004 12:00 am

    It continues as the leading seaport in the Pacific Northwest.

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    Mazda No. one million crosses Port of Tacoma docks
    Mazda No. one million crosses Port of Tacoma...
    December 23, 2003 12:00 am

    2004 Velocity Red RX-8 represents a delivery milestone.

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    New Marshall Avenue auto facility opens
    New Marshall Avenue auto facility opens
    October 28, 2003 12:00 am

    Port of Tacoma: The146.5-acre complex can store and process 19,000 vehicles at a time.

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    Plum Creek Timber Moves Log Export Operations  to Port of Olympia as Hyundai Terminal Grows
    Plum Creek Timber Moves Log Export Operations to...
    July 6, 2000 12:00 am

    Plum Creek Timber Company is moving its log export operations from the Port of Tacoma to the Port of Olympia.

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