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Grand opening of the Lake Washington Ship Canal was July 4, 1917. Courtesy MOHAI Poor health led Hiram Martin Chittenden to retire from the Army Corps of Engineers in 1910. Courtesy Army Corps of Engineers Water poured from Lake Union into the Montlake Cut on August 26, 1916. Courtesy MOHAI The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard opened in 1916. Feliks Banel photo The locks opened in August 1916. Courtesy MOHAI The Black River, which flowed from the south end of Lake Washington into the Duwamish River, dried up when the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built. Courtesy MOHAI The visitor center at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard features a mannequin of the man for whom the locks were named in 1956. Feliks Banel photo
Locks centennial reveals complexities of namesake