Lock sights in USA

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   Hiram M Chittenden Locks

   • Seattle, USA
   • Sights › Locks

   Here, the waters of Lake Washington and Lake Union flow through the 8-mile-long Lake Washington Ship Canal and into Puget Sound. Construction of the canal began in 1911; today 100,000 boats a year pass through the locks, about a half-mile west of Ballard, off NW Market St. Take bus 17 from downtown at 4th Ave and Union St. On the southern side of the locks you can watch from underwater glass tanks or from above as salmon navigate a fish ladder on their way to spawning grounds in the Cascade headwaters of the Sammamish River, which feeds Lake Washington.

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