Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Billindenver, Some of the boats I have been in have been lavishly furnished, others were just adequate. Jerry Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > On Jul 10, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Bill wrote: > >> I would love to see what the interior of one of those boats looks like. >> >> Bill in Denver >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+bill=photobynelsch.com@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+bill=photobynelsch.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> geebee >> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:29 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG : #207 & #208 >> >> From: "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> >> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG : #207 & #208 >> >> >>> Graham and Jerry, that is truly amazing. Jerry, you are saying that >>> the bridge is an aqueduct, part of the canal system, actually passing >>> over the natural water course? >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> -------------------------------------- >> >> View from the top: >> >> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05260.htm >> >> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05261.htm >> >> http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/posts/Cosgrove_01.html >> >> http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/posts/Cosgrove_col.html >> >> --Graham > > > I've heard it described as cruising in a moving hallway. The British > canal boats are a bit more than six feet wide. If you stand in the > middle of the boat and stretch out your arms, you can touch both > sides. In our Erie canal, boats are a foot or two wider, say about > eight feet. Incidentally the Erie Canal was responsible for developing > New York City as a major port. The canal, stretching from the Buffalo > area runs the length of New York State to the Hudson River. When > completed in 1826 it permitted a direct water route from the Midwest > to NYC. Passengers and agricultural produce could make the trip to New > York in a bit more than a week. Overland the trip took twice as long > and, for bulk cargos, was ten times more expensive. The current canal, > now known as the New York Barge Canal, is a monumental piece of > engineering, rivaling the Panama Canal. It has 52 locks, some with 40 > foot lifts, and climbs over the small mountains in the middle of the > state. Since the advent of rail, barge traffic has dropped off and the > canal is being transformed into a 350 mile long recreational park. > > To put a photographic perspective on all this meandering, the Erie > Canal passes through miles of some of the prettiest and most bucolic > landscape in the USA. Side canals head to the Fingerlakes. glacially > carved crystal clear lakes 40 miles long and 4 miles wide with one of > the best wine grape growing areas in the US nestled between. If you > like GeeBee's photos of the English countryside, you will find it all > here (except for the churches). > > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >