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Waterway: The Story of Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal

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Why does a town surrounded by water want some other waterway? In finding out what drove Seattle’s civic leaders to pursue the dream of a Lake Washington Ship Canal for more than sixty years and what role it has played within the region’s development over the last century. Historians Jennifer Ott and David B. Williams, writer of Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography, explore how industry, transportation, and the very character of town and surrounding region developed in keeping with the industrial and environmental changes brought by Seattle’s canal and locks.

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