Forklift Attachments Kennewick

Forklift Attachments Kennewick - Kennewick (population 73,917) is a city within the southeastern part of Washington State. It is located in Benton County and is the largest of the Tri-Cities, that consist of Richland and Pasco. The city is situated on Columbia River's southwestern bank, south of the convergence of the Columbia and Yakima rivers. Close by is the Hanford nuclear site. Kennewick is serviced by the Tri-Cities Airport within the City of Pasco.

The city of Kennewick was the location of the key significant archaeological discovery, called the Kennewick Man. The Kennewick Man was the remains of a prehistoric man, unearthed in 1996, along the Columbia River banks. The Caucasoid features on the 9,000-year-old remains of what must have been an indigenous man have caused great speculation.

The origin of the name "Kennewick" is believed to be indigenous, from the native word meaning "grassy place." The region's mild winter season have made it known as "winter paradise." Amongst the city's many previous names is "Tehe", from the sound of a native girl's laugh.

During the 1880s, the City of Kennewick was connected to other settlements along the Columbia River through railroads and steamboats. In the year 1888, the Northern Pacific Railroad built a permanent railroad bridge between Pasco and Kennewick, replacing the ferry as the preferred method of transportation for freight crossing the river. A cable ferry connected the west end of Kennewick and the Pasco side of the river up until 1931.

The Toyota Center hosts home games of the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League and the Indoor Football League's Tri-Cities Fever. A unique local spectacle is the hydroplane race which happens every summer on the Columbia River during the Water Follies. The Benton-Franklin County Fair is another annual summer event. The city hosts two triathlons each and every year: Titanium Man-International Distance and Plutonium Man-Half-Iron Distance. The commercial district of Kennewick attracts shoppers from all around southeastern Washington, particularly to the Columbia Center Mall.