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gbiechele · 6 months

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Millers River and Tully Lake, MA

Asahi Super-Takumar 35mm f/3.5 Sony A7

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hailey-uploads · 11 months

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#venice #italy #travel #riverway #waterway #colourful

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vgwater · 8 months

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#Final fantasy viii #Mine #Gif #Loop #Fountain #Waterway #Ff8 #Final fantasy 8 #Ripple #Ps1 #balamb garden

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vox-anglosphere · 2 months

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Some Britons live on these narrowboats all year..

#narrowboat #canal boat #waterway #winter scene #landscape #English countryside #rural britain #photography #idyllic #UK #English canals #hoarfrost #natural beauty #riverside #peaceful

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illustratus · 1 year

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Golden Horn by Ivan Aivazovsky

#ivan aivazovsky #art #marine #golden horn #waterway #bosphorus #istanbul #constantinople #turkey #asia #europe #bosporus #waters #ships #boats #bosphorus strait

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scotianostra · 6 months

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October 23rd 1822 saw the official opening of the Caledonian Canal.

Another one with conflicting dates, some say 30th of the month.

The Caledonian Canal bisects Scotland, linking the Irish Sea to the North Sea via the Great Glen. Its design and construction was state-of-the-art for the time, and advanced 19th century engineering methods considerably.

It was the famous Scot James Watt who first prepared a survey for a canal in the Great Glen in 1773 but nothing came of the project, in 1801 Thomas Telford produced a feasibility study and two years later an act of parliament in 1803 signalled the start of the project, although it was another year before work began. Telford worked with William Jessop on the survey, and the two men oversaw the construction until Jessop died in 1814. Jessop estimated the cost of the canal at £474,500 (excluding land purchases) and the construction time at seven years. In the event 18 years and cost £1.2m.

The Canal is 97km long. However, 60km of it is routed through four natural lochs — Dochfour, Ness, Oich and Lochy — leaving 37km of constructed channel. This involved the building of 28 locks, later increased to 29. These are all of a similar size and were then the world’s largest locks, at mainly 55m long, 12.2m wide and some 6m deep.

Though the canal was open for through traffic from 1822, there was still work to be done to complete the project to Telford’s plans. As part of the ongoing work, a third Act of Parliament received royal assent on 31st March 1825.

It wasn't long before the ships being built were too large for the canal, but it then began life as a tourist attraction, as it still does to this day.

Today, the Caledonian Canal is essentially as-created by Telford and Jessop. Its authentic conservation is encouraging increasing leisure use, and it is still a good shortcut for smaller commercial vessels.

#scotland #scottish #history #transport #infrastructure #Canal #Waterway

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mikeahrens · 1 year

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