Comments on: Good Enough For Government Locks http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/07/15/good-enough-for-government-locks/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:45:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kiki http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/07/15/good-enough-for-government-locks/#comment-56125 Kiki Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:17:30 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2513#comment-56125 My grandfather (87 years old and still going) tells wonderful stories of falling into these locks as a teenager wrangling log rafts to the mills and later as a sailor and merchant marine. Love the site! Love the stories! Love the photos!! :) My grandfather (87 years old and still going) tells wonderful stories of falling into these locks as a teenager wrangling log rafts to the mills and later as a sailor and merchant marine. Love the site! Love the stories! Love the photos!! :)

]]> By: Ben Lukoff http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/07/15/good-enough-for-government-locks/#comment-53627 Ben Lukoff Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:16:13 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2513#comment-53627 I was born here in '75, so to me it's the Ballard Locks, the Aurora Bridge, no special name for Piers 90/91, 520 is 520, Lower Queen Anne is Lower Queen Anne, Juanita's Juanita, and Empire Way remained Empire Way for a few years for me, but MLK quickly took over. I was born here in ‘75, so to me it’s the Ballard Locks, the Aurora Bridge, no special name for Piers 90/91, 520 is 520, Lower Queen Anne is Lower Queen Anne, Juanita’s Juanita, and Empire Way remained Empire Way for a few years for me, but MLK quickly took over.

]]> By: Seattle Greg http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/07/15/good-enough-for-government-locks/#comment-53537 Seattle Greg Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:54:45 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2513#comment-53537 As a 4th generation local, I would guess that many refered to them as the Government Locks as it took the Government to get them built. There were almost a dozen attempts, including one that left Seattle with a gash in Beacon / First Hill . Where Dearborn cuts under the bridge was left behind by a funded private attempt to put locks there. They ran out of funds, and we had to bridge that gap. My grandparents always called them the Government Locks. Ditto the Aurora Bridge (no one but historians and tour guides call it by its real name), Piers 90/91 were always refered to as the "Navy Piers", 520 was always the "new bridge", lower Queen Anne was the "Counterbalance", Juanita was "Houghten", and Empire Way remained Empire Way long after the name change... As a 4th generation local, I would guess that many refered to them as the Government Locks as it took the Government to get them built. There were almost a dozen attempts, including one that left Seattle with a gash in Beacon / First Hill . Where Dearborn cuts under the bridge was left behind by a funded private attempt to put locks there. They ran out of funds, and we had to bridge that gap.

My grandparents always called them the Government Locks. Ditto the Aurora Bridge (no one but historians and tour guides call it by its real name), Piers 90/91 were always refered to as the “Navy Piers”, 520 was always the “new bridge”, lower Queen Anne was the “Counterbalance”, Juanita was “Houghten”, and Empire Way remained Empire Way long after the name change…

]]> By: Ben Lukoff http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/07/15/good-enough-for-government-locks/#comment-53438 Ben Lukoff Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:11:01 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2513#comment-53438 I see the railroad bridge is down... Hmm, wonder why they're called "Government Locks" here and not "Chittenden" or "Ballard". Any idea? I'd thought they were called Chittenden from the time they were built, and that Ballard had always been the popular name. I see the railroad bridge is down…

Hmm, wonder why they’re called “Government Locks” here and not “Chittenden” or “Ballard”. Any idea? I’d thought they were called Chittenden from the time they were built, and that Ballard had always been the popular name.

]]> By: Shannon http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/07/15/good-enough-for-government-locks/#comment-53380 Shannon Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:07:49 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2513#comment-53380 This sure looks like a special event day, due to all the people crowding the sidelines! Maybe Opening Day? This sure looks like a special event day, due to all the people crowding the sidelines! Maybe Opening Day?

]]> By: Dan http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/07/15/good-enough-for-government-locks/#comment-53378 Dan Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:27:54 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2513#comment-53378 Interesting that there are tons of pleasure craft in that photo but no sailboats. Interesting that there are tons of pleasure craft in that photo but no sailboats.

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