Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry Z, Rally the only part of that area that is worth seeing is Watkins Glen; and you know what that is famous for. Jerry G Hopkinson wrote: > Larry, sounds like fascinating territory. You now have a mission to show > us some pictures! > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > > >> 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 > > > _ >