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Chittenden Locks / Lake Wash. Ship Canal

Early Anglo-European settlers in the Seattle area faced the daunting challenge of moving products such as coal and logs over muddy roads and through shallow rivers. Pioneers dreamed of a water route west from Lake Washington to Puget Sound. Civic leaders agreed a canal was needed, but they argued for decades on the correct route. [...]

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