Books about seattle that everyone should read books. A great book for those who enjoy reading about seattle history. Many interesting photos from early seattle showing how ballard locks changed life for seattle. Fascinating history sets the stage for a ballard locks outing. Ballard locks vintage history touchscreen video on. This is the best book about seattle history since sons of the profits, having the added. A national historic site, busiest locks in the nation and major. Ballard locks vintage history touchscreen video on display wall.
Chittenden locks, the ballard locks is one of seattles most popular tourist attractions, especially during the sunny months. Chittenden ballard locks, during a holiday weekend celebration held in honor of the locks centennial anniversary, july 3, 2017. Chittenden locks locally known as the ballard locks is a waterway system that connects the saltwater of the puget sound to the fresh water of. Thrushs 2008 book is a rejoinder to all that, a vivid retelling of native history in seattle, and it is an incredible history. The story of seattles locks and ship canal by david b. The book includes a wealth of maps and old photographs that place the development of the locks in context with the history of seattle. Chittenden locks, or ballard locks, is a complex of locks at the west end of salmon bay, in seattle. Live, full narration with facts about seattle history and. The story of seattles locks and ship canal david b. Today sightseers visit the hiram chittenden locks on the ship canal to watch salmon begin their spawning journey or they tour historic ballard avenue.
Botanical gardens attract more than one million visitors annually, making it one of seattles top tourist attract. This cruise takes you on a tour of the ballard locks, which links the puget sound to. The ballard locks carry more boat traffic than any other lock in the us, and the locks, along with the fish ladder and the surrounding carl s. Cowritten with historylink historian jennifer ott, our book highlights how seattles civic leaders doggedly pursued construction of the ship canal over several. How to navigate lock through the chittendenballard locks. In 1956, the locks were officially renamed the hiram m. One newspaper estimates that half of seattles population lines the shores for the festivities. Filled with maps and historic photographs, waterway offers a new way to see and understand one of the more importance changes to seattle economic. Adam woog, a native seattleite and lifelong visitor to the locks, has written dozens of books for children, young adults, and adults. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24.
At one point, he tells the anecdote of a man hauled in front of a. Tour of ballard locks salmon bay seattle argosy cruises. The grounds also feature a fish ladder and the carl s. The locks are the nations busiest, passing over 40,000 vessels through their gates every year. Chittenden locks, the ballard locks is one of seattle s most popular tourist attractions, especially during the sunny months. Ss roosevelt leads a marine parade through the ballard locks to. Ballard locks by adam woog 2008, paperback images of america. Botanical garden one of the most beautiful park settings in seattle. Interesting features of the book are the discussion of the small towns that developed on the edge of seattle in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that are now neighborhoods within seattle. He has a special interest in biography and history, and several of his books focus on pacific northwest topics.
The book explores how the waterway was rearranged, the canals wideranging environmental impacts, who has worked and played on the canal, and how it has shaped the local economy and communities. Working with scant primary source material, the book traces the conception of the locks from. Ballard incorporated as a city in 1890, and its citizens voted to annex to seattle in november 1906. Chittenden locks in his honor, though they are commonly called the ballard locks. In a city overflowing with high technology, one of seattle s favorite attractions drawing over a million visitors annually is a simple lock system for boats. The seattle historybook display table drew out personal histories and. Chittenden locks, or ballard locks, is a complex of locks at the west end of salmon bay, in seattle, washingtons lake washington ship canal, between the neighborhoods of ballard to the north and magnolia to the south.
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