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Piaza del Conde de Miranda, Madrid.
Pequeña plaza peatonal en el casco antiguo medieval de la ciudad.
La Plaza del Conde de Miranda está situada en el denominado «Madrid de los Austrias» entre la Plaza Mayor y la Plaza de la Villa, centro histórico de la ciudad.
I seem to be in a rut of local sunset views at the moment! This is the view from the locks by The Mill at Condor Green looking due West towards Glasson Dock.
I had a plan to get this shot a little earlier in the Year when the setting sun is fully aligned with the canal, but the weather never seemed to play ball! So thats a plan that will have to wait.
Anyway, this is a branch of the Lancaster Canal that gives access to the Sea at the small Port of Glasson. I like the small copse of Beech trees by the White House on the left, but wasn't too sure about the lady dog walker heading through the Car Park on the right! However, I decided to let her remain in shot!
Fourteen Locks, Cwm Lane, Rogerstone, Newport, Monmouthshire
Lock Gate and canal pond at Fourteen Locks Canal Centre is located at the top of a unique flight of 14 locks, the Cefn Flight of Locks, an engineering wonder of the Industrial Revolution, rising 160 feet in just half a mile.
The 3 bridges you can see here at the Park Head Locks and viaduct are ,In the middle is The ParkHead Lock Bridge and it spans Dudley no2 canal.Go left and it takes you through the historic Dudley Tunnel go right and you go down under Pard Head Viaduct and its series of locks .The bridge on the right is The Grazebrook Arm Bridge ,a short arm of the canal and would have took goods to and from the Grazebrook factory.The Pensnett Basin Bridge on the left spans the Pensnett Basin a very short length of canal not much more that you can see in shot.It is all that is left of the Pensnett Canal also know as the Lord Wards Canal ,it was a private canal of 1.25 miles that served the Earl of Dudley's coal fields ......now it has nearly all been built over .......Park Head Locks & Viaduct nr Netherton ,Dudley ,Westmidlands,England......"The Black Country"
Today has been rough. Damon Locks is amazing, though, and has really promoted Black Culture in the Arts in Chicago. If you celebrate Juneteenth, he's a great human to listen to and relish in (today and every day!). A creative and genuine soul who is the head of the Black Monument Ensemble. Seeing him recently at Bric a Brac was like being caught in a weird and wondrous time space continuum. He creates some amazing visual arts too! Basically, an incredible human to cherish! Chicago is lucky to hold him so dear!
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for Crazy Tuesday
I know I have interpreted the theme differently, but I don't see anywhere in the discussions that says the locks must be of the metal, security kind. I hope you will accept my granddaughter beautiful locks as acceptable to the theme today.
Foxton Locks are on the Grand Union Canal's Leicester Arm, just outside Market Harborough. The two staircases, both comprising five locks, were constructed in 1814. Here we are looking across one of the balancing ponds towards the old lock-keeper's cottage, which is by the top lock. The cottage and the adjacent former stables to the left (the orange brick building) have now been converted into a tea-room.
It was a beautiful afternoon yesterday, so I drove across to Foxton Locks near Market Harborough in south Leicester. These are on the Leicester Arm of the Grand Union Canal, and were completed in 1814. There are two "staircases" each of five locks. In the picture we can see two of the balancing ponds, with the lock-keeper's cottage, far left, at the top of the flight of locks. At this time of year most canal boats are moored in their marinas for the winter and there is little activity on the canals .
Careful how you say the name of this place in conversation. First built in 1850, rebuilt in 1930 and modernised in 2000. These locks control the tidal flow from Bow Creek to raise the levels of the Lea Navigation canal and adjoining Limehouse Cut.
Crusing along the Grand Canal as the barge Cadhla meanders up to the lock at Herbert Place on an evening private party.
Having been mothballed for the past two years due to the covid pandemic, the Cadhla barge is cruising again during summer 2022, usually weekend evening runs, offering food, drinks & some amazing views at a slower pace.
The triple-step Gatun Locks on the Panama Canal near Colón, Panama, lift ships 25.9 meters from the Atlantic Ocean to Gatun Lake.
All the lines caused by railings around the lock made for an interesting pattern in black and white. I did have the traditional boat going through a lock but this was more intriguing.
Tardebigge Locks or the Tardebigge Flight is the longest flight of locks in the UK, comprising 30 narrow locks on a two-and-a-quarter-mile stretch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Tardebigge, Worcestershire.
These are "Love Locks" fastened to the walking bridge at Harper's Ferry West Virginia shot in Black and White. This bridge spans the Potomac river right where it merges with the Shenandoah river. What's scary about it: It runs smack dab up next to the train tracks! So even though there is a high wire mesh fence, when that train comes roaring through the tunnel and across the bridge... lets just say you are Very aware of how close it is! LOL. What amazed me about the locks is how do they get them so far out there? Many of them are more than an arms length away! I guess that is love for you... doing the impossible to impress! :)