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    Scraping for Safe Passage: Inside the Chittenden Locks’ Annual Barnacle Scraping [Image 5 of 7]

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    Scraping for Safe Passage: Inside the Chittenden Locks’ Annual Barnacle Scraping

    SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

    11.13.2025

    Photo by Kimberly Lopes 

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District

    A Seattle District employee scrapes barnacles from one of two large lock culverts at at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. Each year, juvenile salmon make their way through the Locks on their journey to Puget Sound, and the sharp barnacles along the tunnels can injure passing fish—including ESA-listed salmonids like Chinook and steelhead.

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    Date Taken: 11.13.2025
    Date Posted: 12.03.2025 17:27
    Photo ID: 9419930
    VIRIN: 251113-A-PV352-1008
    Resolution: 6000x4000
    Size: 6.13 MB
    Location: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, US

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