Project Gutenberg 2021-01-26 Public domain in the USA. 147 Pratt, Louis W. tmp92007351 Tacoma: Electric City of the Pacific Coast, 1904 Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Tacoma: Electric City of the Pacific Coast, 1904" by Louis W. Pratt is a historical account detailing the development and characteristics of Tacoma, Washington, in the early 20th century. Written during the early 1900s, the book serves as both a promotional pamphlet and a guide that provides reliable information on Tacoma's geography, climate, economy, and social structure, all while aiming to attract potential businesses and residents to the city. The text discusses Tacoma's notable advantages, including its prime location as a seaport, encompassing its healthy climate and access to natural resources, which facilitated its growth as an industrial hub. It highlights the city's rapidly growing population, increasing from 37,714 in 1900 to over 60,250 by 1904, and emphasizes its booming industries, especially in lumber, manufacturing, and smelting. Pratt also illustrates Tacoma's extensive infrastructure, such as railways, electric power systems, and trade routes to the Orient, underscoring its role as the leading manufacturing and commercial center on the Pacific Coast at that time. Overall, the book paints a picture of a city thriving with opportunities and poised for further development. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Tacoma (Wash.) -- Description and travel F850.5 Text Category: History - Other Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) 134653 2025-06-25T10:49:34.729230 text/html 110984 2024-10-18T10:06:30 text/html 2096945 2025-06-25T10:49:39.157227 application/epub+zip 2096734 2025-06-25T10:49:35.928269 application/epub+zip 122707 2025-06-25T10:49:35.240286 application/epub+zip 2343824 2025-06-25T10:49:41.366243 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2321847 2025-06-25T10:49:38.538274 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498273 2022-09-28T23:50:08.385450 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 101888 2025-06-25T10:49:34.237257 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 81869 2024-10-18T10:06:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15828 2025-06-25T10:49:41.564233 application/rdf+xml 10446 2025-06-25T10:49:35.392239 image/jpeg 1635 2025-06-25T10:49:35.316259 image/jpeg 2076279 2025-06-25T10:49:34.848316 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog