Water Way Collection (#16)

Indonesia, Jakarta
Indonesia, Pintubesi (Pintu Besi or Pintoe Besi) - a district of Jakarta - on the northwest coast of Java. Date: circa 1910s

Ashar Creek and Coffee Shops - Basra, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1910s

Arapokina, Papua New Guinea Date: circa 1910s

Fuel Market, Basra, Iraq - WWI era
Fuel Market, Basra, Iraq - a British officer is being ferried down the Shatt al Arab waterway (which eventually feeds out into the Persian Gulf) in some style Date: circa 1917

The Strand - Basra, Iraq, WWI era Date: circa 1910s

Shatt al-Arab - Basra, Iraq - also known as the Arvand Rud (River) - the waterway leading out into the Persian Gulf. Date: circa 1910s

River Steamer - Mesopotamia - WWI
River Steamer commandeered by the IWT (Inland Water Tranport) - providing transport to British forces fighting in Mesopotamia during WWI. Shatt al-Arab waterway, Basra, Iraq Date: circa 1917

Shipping on the Shatt al-Arab - Basra, Iraq - the waterway which eventually leads out into the Persian Gulf. Date: circa 1910s

Ordnance Depot - Basra, Iraq, WWI
The Ordnance Depot on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (which leads out to the Persian Gulf) at Basra, Iraq - WWI Date: circa 1917

Supply and Transport Depot, Basra, Iraq - WWI era
Supply and Transport Depot on the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (which eventually feeds into the Persian Gulf) at Basra, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1917

Russia, Volgograd - A lock on the River Volga
Russia, between Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) and Rostov (Don). The bow of the RV Anton Tschechov in the Volga-Don Channel, entering a lock. Date: 2010

Defending Willebroek Canal, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops defending the Willebroek Canal, Belgium, during the German advance on Antwerp, First World War. Showing men resting their rifles on sandbags piled up along the banks

Stockholm, Sweden - Royal Castle / Palace
Stockholm, Sweden - Royal Castle/Palace Date: circa 1940s

Algeria - Chetma - Waterway Date: circa 1906

Lai Thieu, Vietnam
Vietnamese landscape - the village and packed waterway at Lai Thieu (on the road between Siagon (no Ho Chi Minh City) and Thu Dau Mot) Date: circa 1910

Upper Locks and Emergency Dams - Panama Canal at Gatun, Panama Date: 1923

Bruges, Belgium - The Green Quay (Quai Vert) Date: circa 1910s

Molesey Lock at end of boating season
Scene at Molesey Lock, near Hampton Court, Surrey, at the end of the boating season. 1892

Narrowboats on moored on canal bank, Canal Bridge 107, Shropshire Union Canal, Beeston, Tarporley, Cheshire, England, october

View of mist over canal aquaduct at dusk, Shopshire Union Canal, Wern, Powys, Wales, december

Narrowboat leaving canal lock, built from iron because of sandy soil conditions, Beeston Iron Lock, Shropshire Union Canal, Beeston, Tarporley, Cheshire, England, october

Narrowboat moored at canal bank, Shropshire Union Canal, Beeston, Tarporley, Cheshire, England, october

Narrowboats on canal, Shropshire Union Canal, Beeston, Tarporley, Cheshire, England, october

Boats moored under stormclouds, River Thurne, The Broads N. P. Norfolk, England, may
Boats moored under stormclouds, River Thurne, The Broads N.P. Norfolk, England, may

View of boatyard and hire boats, Acle Bridge, Acle, River Bure, The Broads N. P. Norfolk, England, august
View of boatyard and hire boats, Acle Bridge, Acle, River Bure, The Broads N.P. Norfolk, England, august

View along canal, Tiverton Canal, Grand Western Canal, Tiverton, Devon, England, november

Narrowboats moored on canal, Shropshire Union Canal, Bunbury, Cheshire, England, january

Mississippi Delta. Coloured satellite image of the delta of the Mississippi River, USA. North is at top, the Gulf of Mexico is at lower left

Ganges Delta

Coastal waterway. Pleasure boats using a coastal waterway. This is the Hillsborough River part of the Intracoastal Waterway, north of Pompano Beach in Florida, USA

River pollution. Crude oil polluting a waterway. Crude oil is a mixture of petroleum liquids and gases and can have devastating effects on the environment if not stored properly

Railroad drawbridge, 19th century
Railroad drawbridge, 19th-century artwork. This type of bridge is known as a bascule bridge. This one is near Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, on the Erie Railroad Main Line

Raw sewage overflowing from an access cover (manhole) for a public sewer, in Oxfordshire, UK. The sewage is flowing down a footpath to reach a chalk stream (not seen)

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

The 15th century moated Castle at Fontanellato, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

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Riverside camp of voyageurs, or French fur traders. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Map of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence watershed. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

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French traders canoeing on a river in the forests of North America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Fur-traders on the Missouri River attacked by Native Americans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, UT, US, Cottonwood leaves along Sulphur Creek, autumn, The Castle

Upper Tahquamenon Falls in UP Michigan in autumn

S. A. Brazil, Waterways in Pantanal
S.A. Brazil, Waterways in Pantanal

Italy, Venice. View of boats and homes along one of the many city canals. Credit as: Dennis Flaherty / Jaynes Gallery / Danita Delimont

Italy, Venice, Burano. Multicolored houses along the canal

Tower Bridge at Night, London, England

Gondola and Restaurant, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Church of Santa Maria della Salute and Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

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