Lake Washington Ship Canal

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lake_Washington_Ship_Canal
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:canal
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Puget_Sound
gptkb:Lake_Washington
Lake Union
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Montlake_Cut
gptkb:Portage_Bay
gptkb:Salmon_Bay
gptkb:Union_Bay
gptkb:Fremont_Cut
Ballard Locks
Lake Union
gptkbp:coordinates 47.6481°N 122.3472°W
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Fremont
gptkb:Montlake
gptkb:Ballard
gptkb:University_District
gptkbp:elevation 20 feet
gptkbp:engineeredFor gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers
gptkbp:hasBridge gptkb:Fremont_Bridge
gptkb:University_Bridge
gptkb:Ballard_Bridge
gptkb:Aurora_Bridge
gptkb:George_Washington_Memorial_Bridge
gptkb:I-5_Ship_Canal_Bridge
gptkb:Montlake_Bridge
gptkbp:historicalSignificance transformed Seattle's geography
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lake Washington Ship Canal
gptkbp:length 8 miles
gptkbp:location gptkb:Seattle
gptkbp:lockingMechanism Ballard Locks
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lake_Washington
gptkbp:opened 1917
gptkbp:partOf Seattle waterways
gptkbp:protectedBy gptkb:navigation
gptkbp:state gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:navigation
recreation
shipping
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ballard
gptkb:Lake_Washington
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5