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7 unusual facts about Lake Union


Boeing Model 1

The first B & W was completed in June 1916 at Boeing's boathouse hangar on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington.

Boeing Model 2

The success of the Model C led to Boeing’s first military contract in April 1917 and prompted both its reincorporation as the Boeing Airplane Company and relocation from Lake Union, Washington to a former shipyard on the Duwamish River, also in Washington.

KZJO

Owned by the Tribune Company, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25 (virtual channel 22.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter at the studio facilities that the station shares with Fox-affiliated sister station KCPQ on the west shore of Lake Union in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood.

Limnoperdon

The species was originally discovered floating in petri dishes that contained submerged hardwood twigs previously collected from a marsh next to a playground on the south shore of Lake Union in Seattle, Washington.

Streissguth Gardens

Over time, the tree canopy has been thinned to allow for better views of Lake Union from the various paths and higher points in the garden.

ZymoGenetics

Located on Lake Union, the address of the ZymoGenetics headquarters is 1201 Eastlake Avenue East.

ZymoGenetics' headquarters are in the landmark Lake Union Steam Plant building, built from 1914 to 1921 by Seattle City Light, the municipal electric utility.



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Galiano Island

New in 2009, there is now regularly scheduled floatplane service from Seattle daily through Kenmore Air, either through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Kenmore Air Harbor and Seattle Lake Union.