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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.
write your name and the name(s) of a friend, lover or other significant figure in your life on a lock, lock it on the bridge, & throw the key into the water. you cannot take it off. even if the relationship falls through the lock still remains on the bridge, like a scar
The North Walsham & Dilham canal is currently only navigable in part. Given that there is some opposition to restoration, whether it will ever be re-opened completely remains to be seen. Here work has started on Ebridge Mill lock. What remained of the top gate had been dammed off with concrete filled bags for over forty years. Now a bund of earth has been established further back and the entrance to the lock cleared. What can be seen now seems in remarkably good condition under the circumstances, particularly the iron work which was produced locally.. The first job will be to rebuild the brick entrance to the lock and establish a slot for "stop" boards so that there is no need for such extensive earthworks in future. The lock sides also need attention as does the duct for the spillway which runs underground close by the North lock wall. For more information www.nwdct.org/
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.
Testing out my new camera on Christmas Day - Wasn't a lot to take a picture of, so .. You got a padlock :)