Lake Washington Ship Canal
- Lake Washington Ship Canal
-
waterway,
Seattle,
Washington, U.S., 8 miles (13 km) long, with a minimum depth of 28.5 feet (8.7 metres), connecting Shilshole Bay (
Puget Sound) with Lake Washington, passing through Lake Union, Portage Bay, and Union Bay. The canal was constructed between 1901 and 1911 in order to carry coal from mining districts east of Lake Washington to shipping points in
Puget Sound. The locks near the west end of the canal, which overcome the difference of 26 feet (8 metres) between water levels, can accommodate ships up to 760 feet (230 metres) long; the locks are maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A fish ladder constructed in 1917 to accommodate anadromous fish in the region's waterways was replaced by a new structure—complete with a public viewing gallery—in 1976.
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Lake Washington Ship Canal — Infobox nrhp | name =Chittenden Locks and Lake Washington Ship Canal nrhp type = caption = location= Salmon Bay, Seattle, Washington area = built =1906 architect= Multiple architecture= Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other added = December… … Wikipedia
Lake Washington — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Washington image lake = Murrow Memorial Bridge 07747.jpg caption lake = The Lacy V. Murrow floating bridge on the lake is the second longest such bridge in the world image bathymetry = Seattle lakewashington… … Wikipedia
Ship Canal Bridge — The Ship Canal Bridge carries Interstate 5 over Seattle s Portage Bay (part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, after which it is named) between Capitol Hill and the University District. Construction was completed in 1961 and the bridge opened to… … Wikipedia
Lake Washington — Luftbild; über die Murrow Memorial Bridge (im Vordergrund) führt die Interstate 90 Der Lake Washington ist der zweitgrößte natürliche See im US Bundesstaat Washington nach dem Lake Chelan und der größte See im King County. Er liegt zwischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Steamboats of Lake Washington — Lake Washington is a large lake immediately to the east of Seattle. Before modern highways and bridges were built, the only means of crossing the lake, other than the traditional canoe, was by steamboat, and, later, by ferry. While there was no… … Wikipedia
Lake Union — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Union image lake = Lunion1.jpg caption lake = from atop the Space Needle image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Washington coords = coord|47.6351| 122.3352|display=inline,title|region:US type:waterbody… … Wikipedia
Washington State Route 99 — Infobox WA State Route|type=State|route=99|sec=160 length mi=49.11 length ref= [Washington State Department of Transportation, [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/TDO/PDF and ZIP Files/HwyLog2007.pdf State Highway Log] , 2007] length round=2 formed … Wikipedia
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal — (at the time named the Chicago Drainage Canal) being built … Wikipedia
National Register of Historic Places listings in Seattle, Washington — List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Seattle, Washington This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 10, 2011.[1] Map of all coordinates fr … Wikipedia
Cedar River (Washington) — Geobox River name = Cedar River native name = other name = other name1 = image size = image caption = Cedar River in 1900 country = United States country1 = state = Washington state1 = region type = County region = King region1 = district =… … Wikipedia
