Author
Title
Tacoma Eastern Railroad
Series
Wikipedia, May 23, 2020 (Downloaded December 27, 2020)
Publisher
Wikipedia
City
Date
2020
Original Date
Comments
Libraries
- Bookwood Historical Collection, Star Lake
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This is the relevant paragraph from the article:
"As the Tacoma Eastern Railroad's secret benefactor, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, was building their Pacific extension to Tacoma, the Tacoma Eastern was tasked with developing a new rail line between the communities of Frederickson and McKenna. Ultimately, through mergers and acquisitions, this line would become a vital link between Seattle and Portland. Eventually this line would serve an important role in shipping explosives, bombs and military equipment to and from Fort Lewis, Washington."