From time to time, we like to share old Ballard photos from the Seattle Municipal Archives.
This is the Ballard Bridge under repair in February of 1933 — 16 years after the completion of the Ballard Locks and 27 years after the quickly-growing town of Ballard was annexed into Seattle.
Note the sign, “Government Locks at Ballard, key to industrial Seattle.”
For even older photos of the Ballard Bridge — which was built in 1915 and 1916 — visit the archives here. (Photo via the Seattle Monorail on Twitter)