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On August 3, 1916, the steamer Swinomish became the first ship to pass through a complex of locks on the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Washington state. The locks are located at the west end of Salmon Bay and between the Seattle neighborhoods of Ballard and Magnolia.
The Swinomish on...https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-ballard-locks-turn-106-today