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On the Pier 59 waterfront in downtown Seattle just below Pike Place Market, the Seattle Aquarium is one of the largest aquariums in the Pacific Northwest and one of the most heavily visited aquariums on the West Coast. The aquarium opened in May 1977 in a converted World War I-era pier originally built in 1917 to handle freight for the Alaska steamship trade, with the conversion preserving much of the original timber pier structure while inserting modern climate-controlled exhibits throughout. ...