Transportation

Transportation (HM25IQ)

Location: Coos Bay, OR 97420 Coos County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 22.045', W 124° 12.728'

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Most travel was on water;
roads and rail lines were limited in the early days.


Passenger ships called at the Port of Coos Bay regularly.
Travel by water was faster, and much more predictable than by land.

In the early 1900s, the steamship Breakwater made the trip from San Francisco to Coos Bay every six days.
The ship, carrying freight and as many as ninety-two passengers completed the trip in about thirty hours.


Shipbuilding developed as one of the first industries in the area to meet the needs of water transportation.
While most ships were built to transport lumber and coal, other types of ships were built as well.


During both World War I and World War II, employment in the shipyards increased dramatically as local shipyards built ships for the United States government war effort.
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HM NumberHM25IQ
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Date Added Friday, February 16th, 2018 at 7:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10T E 401791 N 4802330
Decimal Degrees43.36741667, -124.21213333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 22.045', W 124° 12.728'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 22' 2.7000000000001" N, 124° 12' 43.68" W
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Area Code(s)541
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 100-198 US-101, Coos Bay OR 97420, US
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