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NRHP reference No. 78002751 [1] Added to NRHP. December 14, 1978. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, or Ballard Locks, is a complex of locks at the west end of Salmon Bay in Seattle, Washington's Lake Washington Ship Canal, between the neighborhoods of Ballard to the north and Magnolia to the south. [2]: 2 [3][4]: 6.
December 14, 1978. The Lake Washington Ship Canal is a canal that runs through the city of Seattle and connects the fresh water body of Lake Washington to the salt water inland sea of Puget Sound. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks accommodate the approximately 20-foot (6.1 m) difference in water level between Lake Washington and the sound.
The Montlake Cut is the easternmost section of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which passes through the city of Seattle, linking Lake Washington to Puget Sound. It opened in 1916 after 56 years of conversation and construction to create the manmade canal. The path along the cut was designated a National Recreation Trail as Montlake Cut National ...
The Salmon Bay Bridge, also known as Bridge 6.3 on the BNSF railroad, [ 4] formerly Bridge No. 4 on the Great Northern Railroad, [ 5] is a Strauss Heel-trunnion single-leaf bascule bridge spanning Salmon Bay and connecting Magnolia / Interbay to Ballard in Seattle, Washington. The bridge is located just west of Commodore Park.
Lake Union (Lushootseed: x̌ax̌čuʔ) [3][a] is a freshwater lake located entirely within the city limits of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is a major part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which carries fresh water from the much larger Lake Washington on the east to Puget Sound on the west. The easternmost point of the lake is the ...
December 13, 1979 [ 2 ] Location. The Montlake Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge that carries State Route 513 (Montlake Boulevard) over Seattle 's Montlake Cut —part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal —connecting Montlake and the University District. It is the easternmost bridge spanning the canal. The bridge is 344 feet (105 m) long ...
Shilshole Bay is the part of Puget Sound east of a line drawn northeasterly from Seattle 's West Point in the southwest to its Golden Gardens Park in the northeast. On its shores lie Discovery Park, the Lawton Wood section of the Magnolia neighborhood, the neighborhood of Ballard, and Golden Gardens Park. It is home to the Shilshole Bay Marina ...
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