The Chinook Motel

Brewbooks snapped this photo in 2006 along State Route 900 in Renton; the road was also known as The Sunset Highway before the Interstates went in. A sign that was common in the 1960s is now a relic of the past. And this one in particular no longer exists. The lot has been cleared and all vestiges of the Chinook Motel are now only a memory.

Very sad.

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Last Day of Summer 2010

Only in Western Washington could the last day of summer 2010 look like the first day of January...

Granted, the weather got way better by the end of the day. The morning - through about 11:00am looked much like what you see below.










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Something In Common - The Ballard Locks

The Hiram Chittenden Locks in Ballard have been operational for nearly 100 years. I have been visiting them since I was seven years old; a couple of times I was able to go through them on boats. Watching the salmon is one of my favorite activities there.

Here are eighteen different photographs of the location, from seventeen different sources. It was a great experience putting these together in the same blog post, because I was able to see this one location from so many different perspectives. I think this collection captures the facility quite well.

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Premshree Pillai


Circa 1920 - UW Digital Collections


jeffwilcox


Fashion Bigot


Travis S.


aboyandhisbike


djwudi


akseabird


sonofabike


bochalla


Curtis Cronn


Jonathan Caves


Photo Munki


Circa 1917 - IMLS DCC


mr.hodgson


Paul Beard


liquidnight

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About the Hiram Chittenden Locks

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