Motos sobre l'Ebre / Motocrossing the river
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una Leica IIIb fabricada el 1938; objectiu Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm fabricat el 1936; pel·licula Adox HR50, caducada de fa uns mesos.
El pas de barca de Miravet és un dels darrers en servei a Catalunya, tot i que també n'hi han a Garcia i Flix, tots al Ebre. De tota manera, crec que el de Miravet és l'unic completament tradicional sense cap tipus de motor.
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Picture taken with a Leica IIIb made in 1938; Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm lens, made in 1936; Adox HR50 film, expired some moths ago.
This is the "pas de barca", or ferry near Miravet, in the river Ebre, Catalonia.
It's almost the only one operating today as it did a hundred years ago, or even more. It usues no motor whatsoever except the flow of the river itself. It's slow, but a great way to cross the river.
And the place itself was part of the battlefield of the Ebro in 1938, during the spanish civil war, specially as a logistic hub for the republican forces.
Motos sobre l'Ebre / Motocrossing the river
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una Leica IIIb fabricada el 1938; objectiu Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm fabricat el 1936; pel·licula Adox HR50, caducada de fa uns mesos.
El pas de barca de Miravet és un dels darrers en servei a Catalunya, tot i que també n'hi han a Garcia i Flix, tots al Ebre. De tota manera, crec que el de Miravet és l'unic completament tradicional sense cap tipus de motor.
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Picture taken with a Leica IIIb made in 1938; Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm lens, made in 1936; Adox HR50 film, expired some moths ago.
This is the "pas de barca", or ferry near Miravet, in the river Ebre, Catalonia.
It's almost the only one operating today as it did a hundred years ago, or even more. It usues no motor whatsoever except the flow of the river itself. It's slow, but a great way to cross the river.
And the place itself was part of the battlefield of the Ebro in 1938, during the spanish civil war, specially as a logistic hub for the republican forces.