Seattle 2010 - Ballard District, Ballard Locks, Fishermen's Terminal
May 17th 2015 Ballard is an historic neighborhood located in the NW part of Seattle. Its main landmark is the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (known locally as the "Ballard Locks"). The city of Ballard officially (but reluctantly) became part of Seattle in May 1907. Ballard has been the traditional center of Seattle's ethnically Scandinavian seafaring community who were drawn to the area because of the salmon fishing
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