page_title: Ballard Locks
section_title: Notes
hierarchical_section_title: Ballard Locks / Notes
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover of U.S. Government Printing Office Pamphlet 1996-792-501: Lake Washington Ship Canal Fish Ladder, scanned at 300 dpi. This shows a reasonably accurate view, angled from above, of the fish ladder, which is located across the channel from the Hiram Chittenden Locks, Seattle, Washington. The image also shows the logo of the US Army Corps of Engineers and there is text with some addresses, phone numbers, etc. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 78002751 More images
context_page_description: The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, or Ballard Locks, is a complex of locks at the west end of Salmon Bay, in Seattle, Washington's Lake Washington Ship Canal, between the neighborhoods of Ballard to the north and Magnolia to the south.
  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. English Jr. Botanical Gardens attract more than one million visitors annually, making it one of Seattle's top tourist attractions. The construction of the locks profoundly reshaped the topography of Seattle and the surrounding area, lowering the water level of Lake Washington and Lake Union by 8.8 feet, adding miles of new waterfront land, reversing the flow of rivers, and leaving piers in the eastern half of Salmon Bay high and dry. The Locks are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the American Society of Civil Engineers Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks.
context_section_description: "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (Pamphlet). US Government Printing Office. 1999-791-887. As work of the Federal Government, this document is in the public domain, and some of the wording in this article is almost verbatim from the pamphlet.
  "Ballard Locks". City of Seattle. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  Lake Washington Ship Canal: Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (Pamphlet). US Army Corps of Engineers. 2006. As work of the Federal Government, this document is in the public domain, and some of the wording in this article is almost verbatim from the pamphlet.
  Woog, Adam (2008). The Ballard Locks. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0738559179.
  Ficken, Robert E. (January 1986). "Seattle's 'Ditch': The Corps of Engineers and the Lake Washington Ship Canal". Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 77 (1): 11–20.
  Eastside Heritage Center (2006). Lake Washington: The East Side. San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0738531069.
  Matthew Klingle (2007). Emerald City: an environmental history of Seattle. Yale University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0300116410.
  The Lake Washington Ship Canal Fish Ladder (Pamphlet). US Government Printing Office. 1996-792-501. As work of the Federal Government, this document is in the public domain, and some of the wording in this article is almost verbatim from the pamphlet.
  Mausshardt, Sherrill; Singleton, Glen (July–August 1995). "Mitigating Salt-Water Intrusion through Hiram M. Chittenden Locks". Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering. 121 (4): 224–227. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(1995)121:4(224). Abstract Archived July 10, 2012, at Archive.today on site of American Society of Civil Engineers mentions that the locks are operated by the Corps.
  Crowley, Walt (July 3, 2001). "Turning Point 11: Borne on 4 July: The Saga of the Lake Washington Ship Canal". HistoryLink.org. Essay 3425. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  Holt, Gordy (August 15, 2007). "Short Trips: Fascinating history sets the stage for a Ballard Locks outing". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  "Chittenden Locks small chamber closing 12 days for annual maintenance (press release)" (Press release). US Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  "Lake Washington Sockeye Salmon Background". Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
caption: The cover of the US government pamphlet "Lake Washington Ship Canal Fish Ladder" depicts the fish ladder at the locks.
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