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Lock, 1990
Silver gelatine print, toned and hand-coloured
68 x 63 cm
From East to West is the first major solo exhibition of Chinese-Australian artist Liu Xiao Xian exhibited at RMIT Gallery, 7 August to 12 September 2009.
One of the most compelling contemporary Chinese Australian artists, Liu Xiao Xian explores the nuances between East and West with playfulness and wit, revealing some profound differences as well as shared concerns and values.
For more information, visit www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery
On my way to Camden Lock Market for some cheap food and souvenirs for my family, friends and colleagues.
About five months after my visiting Camden High Street and Camden Lock Market, a big fire burnt down part of the market on the night of 2008-02-09 and 2008-02-10. I hope that the damaged stores, resturants and pubs could be re-built and the market will return to its former glory soon.
Saint-Lambert Locks, St-Lawrence Seaway.
Écluses de Saint-Lambert, Voie Maritime du Fleuve Saint-Laurent.
The Saint-Lambert Locks are part of the St-Lawrence Seaway. They have also been an integral part of our lives for the past 47 years since the opening, to which I was present, in the Spring of 1959. We see the locks from the streets that border the St-Lawrence River and from the bridges that we use to go to Montréal. We see the huge ships that pass between Saint-Lambert and Montréal, travelling on their way to and from the Great Lakes and the Atlantic ocean.
There are three bridges linking Saint-Lambert and the city, Jacques-Cartier, Victoria and Champlain. Downtown Montréal is ten minutes away from Saint-Lambert via Victoria bridge that begins in the middle of our town. As people take this bridge, sometimes twice daily by car or by train, they pass directly over the locks.
Shortly before a ship arrives at the locks, an arm of the bridge closest to the ship is raised to let it inside while the other arm is lowered to let the diverted traffic pass. The locks' gates are closed and the water level is raised. When this is done, the traffic is again diverted, this time to the newly lowered branch of the bridge, while the other side is raised to let the ship pass.
Our region is known for its considerable cycling paths. An important link to the extensive network of South Shore and Montréal cycling paths runs over a highway, the locks and a short part of the river to reach the islands, then Montréal. When a ship must pass and the bridge is raised, people on foot or on their bicycles using the part of the path that is integrated to the bridge must wait, sometimes a long time, for the bridge to be lowered. Meanwhile, they enjoy the view!
More photos will be taken from other perspectives in the near future.
I took my bike today instead of taking the bus. I'm glad I did because there was a lot of traffic and I passed a bunch of cars that were stuck.
The Marne–Rhine Canal is a canal in north eastern France. It connects the river Marne in Vitry-le-François with the Rhine in Strasbourg. Combined with the canalised part of the Marne, it allows transport between Paris and eastern France. The original objective of the canal was to connect Paris and the north of France with the Alsace, the Rhine, and Germany
Canal de la Marne au Rhin
long de 314 km et 178 écluses à l'origine, relie la Marne (à Vitry-le-François) au Rhin (à Strasbourg).
Il Canale dalla Marna al Reno è un canale nel nord-est della Francia. Collega il fiume Marna a Vitry-le-François con il fiume Reno a Strasburgo.
Il canale, lungo 313 km, fu aperto nel 1853. Esso è adatto a piccole barche o chiatte (péniches), dimensioni massime 38,5 m di lunghezza e 5,05 m di lunghezza. Ha 154 chiuse, comprese due nel fiume Mosella. Ci sono due gallerie. Il piano inclinato di Saint-Louis-Arzviller è situato tra Arzviller e Saint-Louis e la sua costruzione sostituì circa 17 chiuse.
(wikipedia)
Floating docks are being towed through Lachine lock in preparation for the upcoming winter freeze. And this man is in charge, not of gears and cranks, but a complex electronic panel. Floating docks are being towed through Lachine lock, preparing for the upcoming winter freeze.
The Lachine Canal passes through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Work on it began July 17, 1821. The original canal was 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long and had seven locks, each 30 metres (98 ft) long, 6 metres (20 ft) wide and 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) deep. It opened in 1825 and helped turn Montreal into a major port, attracting industry and population to its banks.
In the 1840s, the Lachine Canal was deepened to allow heavier ships to pass through, and hydraulic power was introduced to the industries on its banks. By creating a route that bypassed the Lachine rapids, the canal opened the upper St Lawrence River to navigation and Montreal became a more convenient area for trade, taking shipping traffic away from Quebec City. The Lachine Canal also led to the emergence of new working-class neighborhoods such as Griffintown, St Henri, and Pointe St Charles.
The first canal enlargements came between 1843 and 1848. Five new locks, each 200 ft long, 44 ft wide and 8.9 ft deep replaced the original seven. A second enlargement took place between 1873 and 1885 at which time the locks were lengthened to 269 ft and deepened to 14 ft.
The canal continued to operate successfully until 1950, but it could not be expanded to cope with the continuing increase in vessel size. In 1959 the canal was replaced by the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Lachine canal was closed to shipping in 1970 which led to the devastation of the neighborhoods that lined the canal.
In the mid 1960's The Lachine Canal was blocked off with tunnelling debris from the excavation to build the underground metro rail for Montreal's Worlds Fair: Expo 67. Today it is an exciting tourist area lined with parks, shops and restaurants and is open to skaters in winter.
CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Since May 2010, a film crew from Germany’s national and international ARD broadcast radio, TV and online web service has followed Canadian’s Joyce and Joe Essery, as they travel on their vessel, the Takitez II, from Daytona Beach, Fla., to New York City, via the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). The Essery’s have cruised the Great Loop since last September, and are returning to Ontario, Canada. The AIWW provides pleasure boaters and commercial shippers with a protected inland channel between Norfolk, Va., and Miami, Fla. ARD is producing a travel documentary of the AIWW, which will air in Germany this fall. As they travel the AIWW and meet up with the Essery’s on different occasions to document their journey, they are also interviewing people along the way, and filming the scenic sights unique to the AIWW. Last Wednesday, May 26, the Essery’s made their way through the Dismal Swamp Canal (DSC), a 22-mile stretch of the AIWW, which is managed by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The DSC is the oldest continually operating man-made canal in the United States. Stopping at Deep Creek Lock, the ARD crew filmed “snowbirds” traveling the AIWW and interviewed Corps lock masters Robert Peek and George Brazil, along with George Ramsey, DSC Society historian, to learn more about the rich history of the DSC.