Ballard Locks

On July 3, 2017, KNKX took its live broadcast of All Things Considered to the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Seattle, on the eve of their centennial. We…

People don't think there's anything old in Bellevue.So says Sarah Frederick, the collections manager at the Eastside Heritage Center. She also says it…

The Lockspot Café is your classic fisherman’s bar, a stone’s throw from Salmon Bay and the Ballard Locks. It’s pretty much the first place Alaskan…

Most U.S. Army Corps projects don't include the kind of horticultural splendors seen at the Carl S. English Botanical Garden at the Ballard Locks."That's…

The creation of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and the Ballard Locks had a profound impact on the future of the region environmentally, economically and…

Rich Deline's love affair with the Ballard Locks started decades ago, as he walked the gardens as a forestry student at the University of Washington. It…

The Ballard Locks are officially called the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks.The name appears on signs as you come into Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood and on the…

Among the many wonders at the Ballard Locks is a fish ladder. The ladder encourages threatened salmon to swim up or downstream, to keep them safe from…

This story was part of KNKX's presentation of All Things Considered live at the Ballard Locks.The Ballard Locks have operated on essentially the same…

The country celebrates Independence Day on Tuesday, and seeing as jazz is a music based on freedom, why not celebrate jazz with KNKX a day early at our…