Cleaning up: Northlake Ship Yard

By Larry Altose, communication manager, Northwest Regional Office


After years of
planning, it starts today. Two barges will pass through the locks and arrive in
Lake Union in Seattle to get set to remove contaminated mud from Lake Union’s bottom
around the Northlake Ship Yard on the northern shore.


It will take several days to get everything ready. There is much to do before raising the
first