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![File:The Hiram M Chittenden Locks aka Ballard Locks and Salmon Ladder, near Seattle, Washington - main lock gates and the administration building - panoramio.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:The Hiram M Chittenden Locks aka Ballard Locks and Salmon Ladder, near Seattle, Washington - main lock gates and the administration building - panoramio.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/The_Hiram_M_Chittenden_Locks_aka_Ballard_Locks_and_Salmon_Ladder%2C_near_Seattle%2C_Washington_-_main_lock_gates_and_the_administration_building_-_panoramio.jpg/1024px-The_Hiram_M_Chittenden_Locks_aka_Ballard_Locks_and_Salmon_Ladder%2C_near_Seattle%2C_Washington_-_main_lock_gates_and_the_administration_building_-_panoramio.jpg)
File:The Hiram M Chittenden Locks aka Ballard Locks and Salmon Ladder, near Seattle, Washington - main lock gates and the administration building - panoramio.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![gravel barge passing through the Ballard Locks that connect Puget Sound with freshwater Lake Union and L… | Washington state travel, Seattle sights, Seattle history gravel barge passing through the Ballard Locks that connect Puget Sound with freshwater Lake Union and L… | Washington state travel, Seattle sights, Seattle history](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/54/d1/0d/54d10d5e06e73f8cd927ee2d5c1c696e.jpg)
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![Hiram M. Chittenden Locks Ballard Locks in Seattle, Washington Editorial Photo - Image of concrete, machine: 157236626 Hiram M. Chittenden Locks Ballard Locks in Seattle, Washington Editorial Photo - Image of concrete, machine: 157236626](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/hiram-m-chittenden-locks-ballard-locks-seattle-washington-hiram-m-chittenden-locks-ballard-locks-seattle-washington-usa-157236626.jpg)
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks Ballard Locks in Seattle, Washington Editorial Photo - Image of concrete, machine: 157236626
![Empty chamber in Ballard Locks, Seattle, ca. 1917 - Museum of History and Industry - University of Washington Digital Collections Empty chamber in Ballard Locks, Seattle, ca. 1917 - Museum of History and Industry - University of Washington Digital Collections](https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/iiif/imlsmohai/3460/full/full/0/default.jpg)