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The Itchen Navigation is a 10.4-mile (16.7 km) disused canal system in Hampshire, England, that provided an important trading route from Winchester to the sea at Southampton for about 150 years. Improvements to the River Itchen were authorised by Act of Parliament in 1665, but progress was slow, and the navigation was not declared complete until 1710. It was known as a navigation because it was essentially an improved river, with the main river channel being used for some sections, and cuts with locks used to bypass the difficult sections. Its waters are fed from the River Itchen. It provided an important method of moving goods, particularly agricultural produce and coal, between the two cities and the intervening villages.
On its completion it was capable of taking shallow barges of around 13 feet (4.0 m) in width and 70 feet (21 m) in length, but traffic was fairly modest. 18,310 tons of freight were carried in 1802, one of the better years, and there were never more than six boats in use on the waterway. Following the opening of the London and Southampton Railway in 1840, traffic declined sharply, and the navigation ceased to operate in 1869. There were various attempts to revitalise it, but none were successful. There had also been several proposals to link it to the Basingstoke Canal to form an inland route from London to Southampton during its life, which likewise did not come to fruition.
The revival of interest in inland waterways following the end of the Second World War has resulted in the tow path alongside the canal becoming part of the Itchen Way long-distance footpath, and is a popular route for walkers. The Itchen Navigation Preservation Society was formed in the 1970s, but progress was slow. A joint venture between the Environment Agency and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust in 2005 led to the formation of the Itchen Navigation Trust, and two years later, they obtained a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, funding the creation of the Itchen Navigation Heritage Trail Project, which has sought to conserve and interpret the remains. The route provides habitat for a diverse flora and fauna, which has resulted in it being designated as a European Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Officially the head of navigation, (although a few boats worked a short distance further upstream to serve Wharf Mill), this bridge, Wharf Bridge, built in the 1760s, is the oldest surviving bridge over the River Itchen. The public right of navigation on the Itchen has never been statutorily extinguished.
The two small girls will be in their 40's by now and the sight of the local coal mine a distant memory, maybe they came from a mining family and today they take their own families to the country park.
Sadly, Deep Navigation Colliery closed on March 29th 1991, the associated washery stayed open for another 9 months so that the stockpile of coal could be removed. Today the site has been landscaped and is known as Parc Taff Bargoed.
37895 was built by English Electric as D6819, it went new to Cardiff Canton 27/03/1963, under TOPS it became 37283 and on being rebuilt, 37895, in 1985. The loco was withdrawn 10/04/2011 and cut at Kingsbury Metals 08/09/2011
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"True navigation begins in the human heart. It's the most important map of all."
Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey
Looking along the Stroudwater Navigation towards Stroud.The purple vessel is the "Wookey Hole",I believe.
Across galaxies where crystal people dwell. Hawkwind... wonderful. Dawn and the starboard navigation light at Ramsey harbour entrance.
Océan Pacifique à l'heure du coucher de soleil- Ixtapa, Mexique.
Pacific Ocean at sunset time, Ixtapa, Mexico
La Rábida, Huelva (Spain).
After two months of navigation, they began to be scarce the food, and the crews thought about rebelling.
Tras dos meses de navegación, empezaron a escasear los víveres, y las tripulaciones pensaron en amotinarse.
ENGLISH
On the evening of August 3, 1492, Columbus departed from Palos with three ships; one larger carrack, Santa María, nicknamed Gallega (the Gallician), and two smaller caravels, Pinta (the Painted) and Santa Clara, nicknamed Niña (the Girl). (The ships were never officially named). They were property of Juan de la Cosa and the Pinzón brothers (Martin Alonzo and Vicente Yáñez), but the monarchs forced the Palos inhabitants to contribute to the expedition. Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands, which was owned by Castile, where he restocked the provisions and made repairs, and on September 6, he started what turned out to be a five-week voyage across the ocean.
Land was sighted at 2 a.m. on October 12, 1492, by a sailor named Rodrigo de Triana (also known as Juan Rodríguez Bermejo) aboard Pinta. (Columbus would claim the prize.) Columbus called the island (in what is now The Bahamas) San Salvador, although the natives called it Guanahani. Exactly which island in the Bahamas this corresponds to is an unresolved topic; prime candidates are Samana Cay, Plana Cays, or San Salvador Island (named San Salvador in 1925 in the belief that it was Columbus's San Salvador). The indigenous people he encountered, the Lucayan, Taíno or Arawak, were peaceful and friendly. In his journal he wrote of them, "It appears to me, that the people are ingenious, and would be good servants and I am of opinion that they would very readily become Christians, as they appear to have no religion." He also wrote of them, two days after landing, "I could conquer the whole of them with 50 men, and govern them as I pleased."
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus#First_voyage
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CASTELLANO
Cristóbal Colón, en representación de los Reyes Católicos de España, realizó cuatro famosos viajes desde Europa a América en 1492, 1493, 1498 y 1502. En el primero de ellos llegó a América el 12 de octubre de 1492, a una isla de las Bahamas llamada Guanahani, cuya exacta localización aún se discute. En el tercer viaje llegó a territorio continental en la actual Venezuela.
El primer viaje de Colón se inició en Palos de la Frontera, el 3 de agosto de 1492. La escuadra colombina estaba formada por las carabelas Pinta, Niña y Santa María. Para el equipamiento de las naves fue decisiva la colaboración de los hermanos Pinzón, que participaron también en el viaje. Colón se dirigió hacia las Canarias y desde la isla de Gomera se lanzó a la travesía del Atlántico (6 de septiembre). El 12 de octubre llegó a la isla Guanahaní (Walting, en las Bahamas), a la que llamó San Salvador. Arribó después a la isla de Cuba, bautizada con el nombre de Juana, y posteriormente a La Española. El 25 de diciembre encalló la carabela Santa María y con sus restos construyó un fuerte llamado Navidad, en el que dejó una pequeña guarnición. Con las dos naves restantes, la Pinta y la Niña, emprendió el viaje de retorno (16 de enero de 1493). Durante la travesía las dos naves se separaron. Colón llegó a Palos el 15 de marzo y marchó a Barcelona para informar a los reyes de su descubrimiento.
Fuente: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descubrimiento_de_Am%c3%a9rica
This contraption sits just off the beach in Mustang Island State Park near Corpus Christi, Texas. I've been unable to find out what it actually is, but assume some sort of navigational aid since it isn't far from the Corpus Christi ship channel. A very close look reveals a large number of pelicans and cormorants roosting on it.
Nikon F3, Micro-Nikkor 55/2.8, Kodak Tri-X 400@640. Push +1 developing, HC-110/dil. B, 8 min. Digitized with Nikon D700, AF Micro-Nikkor 60/2.8 D, Nikon ES-2, CS-LITE
My navigation app says that it is a 15 minute drive to the other side . . .
This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm lens and Hasselblad/63 1xHz-0 drop in filter using Fuji Pro 400-H film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Painted roof signs on The Navigation Inn, Marsh Road, Middlesbrough.
"Worthington Creamy Low Bitter" and "Bar Snacks" are painted over "Pub Grub" and a magnet logo for another brand of alcoholic beverage. This pub is near Middlesbrough FC Riverside Stadium, hence the sign over the door, "Sorry No Away Supporters".
Update 05/07/11: from a distance it looks like there are new roof tiles and this sign has gone
Trinity House vessel Patricia (IMO: 8003632), built by Robb Caledon in Leith in 1982, docked in Lowestoft inner harbour.
Trinity House’s Multi Functional Tender (MFT) Patricia operates around the coast of England, Wales and the Channel Islands undertaking aid to navigation maintenance work, towing, wreck location and marking amongst other projects.
Séance de photo aquatique réalisée avec Guy Decreuse.
Nous avons souhaité remettre en vogue la navigation souterraine dans ce superbe canyon de la rivière de Chauveroche...