Scraping for Safe Passage: Inside the Chittenden Locks’ Annual Barnacle Scraping
The large lock at at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks contains two culverts, each about 800 feet long, 8 feet wide and 14 feet tall. Each year, Seattle District volunteers scrape barnacles along the length of each culvert, preventing injury to migrating fish.

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