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Port of Olympia

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Port of Olympia

The Port of Olympia is a deepwater port and port of entry located on a Budd Inlet peninsula in Olympia, Washington. It is the southernmost port within Puget Sound. The port is also a district and authority, containing holdings that include Olympia Airport, the Olympia Market District, the NewMarket

Industrial Campus, and the Swantown Marina. The port was officially begun in 1922 after a citizen's vote authorized the construction of a waterfront industrial area. Prior to the build of the port, the area was used by indigenous people and early non-native settlers for commerce and trade. By 1850, an early harbor site was formed leading to economic and population increases in Olympia, which became an end point on the Oregon Trail and the government seat for the Washington Territory. A lengthy wharf was built in 1885 and the inlet dredged in 1895 to provide shipment access for larger cargo vessels to the city. Further expansions were undertaken in the 1900s and in the 1910s, the waterfront became a site of canneries and warship construction. The port was built up during the mid-1920s to include a terminal and timber cargo became the main economic driver of the industrial site; canneries became...

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