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| | ipedia.com: Lake Washington Ship Canal Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | The Lake Washington Ship Canal, which runs through Seattle, Washington connecting Lake Washington to Puget Sound, is a system consisting of, from east to west, Union Bay, the Montlake Cut, Portage Bay, Lake Union, the Fremont Cut, Salmon Bay, the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, and Shilshole Bay. |
 | | In 1916 the water level of Lake Washington dropped by nearly nine feet when the Montlake Cut was completed, replacing the Black River as the lake's outlet in favor of Portage Bay and Lake Union. |
 | | With the opening of the Locks on May 8, 1917, there was finally a navigable passage from the lake to the sound. |
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