X-Fremont-Brdg-ns-RR-track-lkE-6_25_17-WEB December 10, 2017 1200 × 924 Seattle Now & Then: Grading Fremont Looking east on the Northern Pacific Railroad’s double tracks through Fremont on June 25, 1917, a year following the dedication of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Ewing Street, aka 34th Avenue, is atop the concrete retaining wall on the left.