X-RJf-Fremont-brdg-broke'14W October 16, 2010 1400 × 879 X-RJf-Fremont-brdg-broke'14W Ralph Johnson recorded the collapse of the Fremont Bridge after the lake’s dam broke in 1914, sent a flood into Salmon Bay and lowered Lake Union by about seven feet putting many houseboats on the lake bottom – although still tied to shore.