Canals Collection (page 9)

Canal / Panama / Piers 7 & 8
Piers 7 and 8 at Christobal

Culebra Cut Works
One of the massive steam shovels at Culebra : a machine like this is capable of shifting 8000 tons a day

Culebra Cut
At work on the Culebra Cut : half hidden is one of the steam shovels digging out the bottom of the canal : the bridge is a temporary erection during construction

Erie Canal, Newark
ERIE CANAL A boat leaves the lock at Newark, New York

Barge on River Gade
An old man steers his barge under a bridge on the River Gade, near Watford, England, part of the Grand Union Canal

Sodertelge Canal Sweden
A bridge enables railway trains to pass over the Sodertelge Canal, Sweden

Steamer Tugs Barges
Demonstrating the power of steam - a tug hauls a string of 18 barges on the Rhine waterway

Providence Barge
The Providence barge moored at the bank

Canal Tow Path & Horse
An industrial narrow boat laden with coal is towed by a horse (encouraged with a feeding nosebag) on the tow path (entering a lock), Grand Union Canal, England

Bridge of Kiel Canal
A bridge over the Kiel Canal linking the North Sea and the Baltic

Lock on Kiel Canal
Kiel Canal linking the North Sea and the Baltic : Hollenau Locks

Panama Canal - Panama
The harbour of Panama, southern terminal of the proposed canal, which this year is ceded to USA : it will not be completed till 1914

Dortmund-Ems Canal
Opened in 1899, this canal links Dortmund and Emden. The remarkable Hanrichenburg raises ships 14 metres : it will be replaced in 1962 and become a museum

North Holland Canal
Opened in 1823, the North Holland Canal links Amsterdam with the North Sea

Imperial Canal, China
The southern terminal of the Imperial (or Grand) Canal (Da Yun-he) at Hang-zhou

North-Sea Canal
The Nord-Ostseekanal (or Kiel Kanal) links North Sea and Baltic, enabling Germany to move her warships from one sea to another. Its the worlds busiest artificial waterway

Building Panama Canal
Building the Panama Canal

Dredging a Canal
Canals must be periodically dredged to keep them free for riverboat traffic

Pont Y Cyssllte Canal
Canal at Pont Y Cyssyllte in the vale of Llangollen, Wales, with a horse-drawn barge

Miraflores Locks Night
The Miraflores locks by night

Miraflores Locks
United States destroyers in the Miraflores locks

Pedro Miguel Locks
Birds eye view of the Pedro Miguel locks

Culebra Cut and Ship
The Grace Companys Santa Teresa passes through the picturesque Culebra Cut

Gatun Lock and Liner
The American Dollar Line steamship President Van Buren passes through Gatun Lock

Gatun Spillway
The four sluice gates of Gatun spillway in the act of discharging - a striking spectacle which attracts the locals

Gatun Lock Aerial View
Birds eye view of the Gatun sequence of locks

Canals from the Air
Aerial view of canals and windmills characteristic of the Dutch landscape

Panama Canal / Culebra Cut
U.S.S. Rhode Island in the Culebra Cut

Regents Canal / Paddingto
Junction of the Regents Canal at Paddington

Caledonian Canal, C1900
CALEDONIAN CANAL - Scene at Fort Augustus

Supposed landscape on the planet Mars
A supposed landscape on the planet Mars, showing the canals

Landscape on the planet Mars
View of a landscape on the planet Mars, showing the canals

Surveying Panama Canal
Surveying under difficulties : the terrain is rough and densely covered, jungle in some places, swamp in others

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