Duwamish Waterway map superimposed on a map of the formerly winding Duwamish River

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Click here for a map that shows the straight and deep Duwamish Waterway superimposed on the formerly meandering Duwamish River. The Duwamish River flowed through south Seattle into Elliott Bay. The straightening of the river began in October 1913. Map from Duwamish Diary by R. Foisy, 1949.

By HistoryLink.org Staff, February 20, 2001

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Cassell's Point, Duwamish River, 1891
Photo by Frank La Roche, Courtesy UW Special Collections (No. LAR277)