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

About this book

Why does a city surrounded by water need another waterway? Find out what drove Seattles civic leaders to pursue the dream of a Lake Washington Ship Canal for more than sixty years and what role it has played in the regions development over the past century. Historians Jennifer Ott and David B. Williams author of Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattles Topography explore how industry transportation and the very character of the city and surrounding region developed in response to the economic and environmental changes brought by Seattles canal and locks.