Overview of and topical guide to infrastructure of the U.S. state of Washington
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to infrastructure of the U.S. state of Washington.
This section lists a few of the largest infrastructure projects of each century since non-Indigenous settlement.
Initial settlement of the state
Early industrialization, Age of Rail
Rapid industrialization during World Wars, suburbanization of Seattle area
Communication and computing
[edit]High Voltage DC (HVDC)
[edit]Washington is a major hydroelectric producer in the United States and the world. The Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River was the world's largest when built, and remains the largest power station in the United States by capacity.
Commercial power production
[edit]Research reactors (civilian)
[edit]Environmental and scientific
[edit]Weather and climate
[edit]- AgriMet Pacific Northwest Region (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)[1]
- AgWeatherNet (Washington State University), crop freezes and hailstorms
- Camano Island Doppler radar
- Langley Hill Doppler radar
- RAWS network (US Forest Service), over 100 sensors in Washington,[2] for assessing wildfire risk and forest health
- Earthquakes and tsunamis
- Volcanism
Space and cosmology
[edit]Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint
[edit]For earlier 19th century forts, see List of forts#Washington
Civilianized airfields
[edit]For a full list of Army airfields see Washington World War II Army Airfields. The Navy also civilianized several fields.
- Arlington Airport, formerly Arlington Naval Air Auxiliary Facility[4]
- Olympia Regional Airport, formerly a satellite field for McChord Air Force Base
- Sanderson Field, Shelton
- Paine Field at Everett, formerly Paine Air Force Base
- Tri-Cities Airport, formerly Naval Air Station Pasco, one of the busiest training fields of World War II
- Grant County International Airport at Moses Lake, formerly Larson Air Force Base, a Strategic Air Command base, with 13,500-foot runway and Titan nuclear missile field
- William R. Fairchild International Airport, formerly Port Angeles Army Airfield
- Bowers Airport, formerly Ellensburg Army Airfield
- Ephrata Municipal Airport, formerly Ephrata Army Air Base
- Spokane International Airport, formerly Geiger Field
Department of Energy
[edit]Constructed canals only[b]
Volcano-related infrastructure around Mount St. Helens related to its 1980 eruption and future eruptions
Municipal water supply
[edit]Washington has more floating bridges than any other state,[9] and the world's three longest ones, including:
Historically notable bridges and incidents
[edit]Historically notable roads include
Passenger train service
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- ^ As of March 2018, there were five DART buoys off of US West Coast, one of which is approximately 400 km west of Cape Flattery.[3]
- ^ Washington has several natural canals including 65-mile (105 km) long Hood Canal
- ^ "Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region Programs & Activities | Bureau of Reclamation".
- ^ Station Data Inventory Listings - RAWS Network: Washington
- ^ DART buoy map and database, NOAA, retrieved 2018-03-05
- ^ Duane Colt Denfeld (August 21, 2012), "World War II: Civilian Airports Adapted for Military Use", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
- ^ NRHP continuation sheet for Atlas E Missile Site 9, Rearden, Washington, listed 7/31/2009
- ^ Braesch, LT Connie (2009-06-30). "Interagency Coordination and the Sector Command Center-Joint". Compass. US Coast Guard. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ "Bureau of Reclamation".
- ^ "Bureau of Reclamation".
- ^ Chen, W.F.; Duan, L. (2013), Handbook of International Bridge Engineering, Taylor & Francis, p. 107, ISBN 978-1-4398-1029-3, table 2.8: Major floating bridges in the United States