Everett

City, port, and administrative headquarters of Snohomish County, northwest Washington; population (2000) 91,500. It is situated at the mouth of the Snohomish River, on Puget Sound, 40 km/25 mi north-northeast of Seattle. It is a major cargo and commercial fishing port, and has one of the best landlocked harbours on the West Coast. Manufactures include finished lumber, plywood, and pulp and paper products; much of these made by a huge Weyerhaeuser mill. The Boeing aircraft assembly plant (1968) is often cited as the largest building in the world, at 6 million cu m/200 million cu ft. The city contains foundries, machine shops, and boatbuilding yards. Other industries include salmon canning, poultry and frozen food packaging, and the processing of dairy products. Everett Community College (1941) is in the city. Settled in 1862, Everett was laid out in 1890 as the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad.