<p>Shows board sluiceway with floodgates designed to regulate the water flow between the lakes
On verso of image: Inlet from Lake Washington into Lake Union taken soon after completion of the ditch; probably about 1885. Note that hill in background is logged off; also logs in the foreground have come from Lake Washington through the ditch. White spot on opposite shore at right is Lake Union Jim's home.; Looking from Portage across Lake Union to Capitol Hill about 1890</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Montlake Cut (Seattle, Wash.); Sluices--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sluice gates--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
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