Lock on Main Danube Canal "Awaiting Green ligh
Uploaded: February 15, 2012 11:43:58
After 1,200 years a dream became reality on Sept 25th 1992 the Main-Danube-Canal was open for navigation and provided a link to the from the Rhine to the Main and Danube Rivers creating a new river linking the Black Sea in Romania to the North Sea in The Netherlands. This required 34 locks on the Main, 16 on the Main Danube Canal and 16 on the Danube. This lock just outside Nurnberg would give the maximum fall/rise of 81.01 feet.
Exif: F Number: 11, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/200 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 12800, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 58.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Emile Abbott February 15, 2012
Canal is180 feet wide with average depth of 13 feet when not in the locks. #1443528John Connolly February 15, 2012
What impressive structures and captures Emile! Our locks on the Murray River are only about 15 feet high!Emile Abbott February 15, 2012
Thanks John is was wonderful. #9984161Emile Abbott February 15, 2012
This small canal link with its locks connects a 2,170 mile waterway and has become a major commercial as well as tourist travel route. #9984175Robert R. Goodman February 15, 2012
Hin Emile,WOW!!What a amazing structure my friend.Excellent capture,hope you had a great time while you were there!!!!Jeff Robinson February 15, 2012
What a great place - Fantastic images and info Emile! #9984414David Phalen February 15, 2012
Excellent captures of this amazing structure!! Thanks for the info!! #9984524Michelle Alton February 15, 2012
A fantastic series of shots of the lock system, Emile. #9984649Shelly A. Van Camp February 15, 2012
They are all beautiful, Doc!! #9984765Joy Rector February 16, 2012
beautiful shot #9985262Emile Abbott February 16, 2012
Thanks John, Bobby, Jeff, David, Michelle, Shelly and Joy. #9985446Tiia Vissak February 16, 2012
great reflections & pov! #9985991Marijana Fajgl February 16, 2012
Fantastic images and info, Emile!Heather Loewenhardt February 17, 2012
Fabulous photos and information. Great landscape shot with such a wonderful reflection. #9986621Emile Abbott February 17, 2012
Thanks Tiia, Marijana and Heather. #9987287Debbie Bray February 21, 2012
I love a story behind the image, and this tells a wonderful tale of the canal and it's locks! I've been on the mighty Rhine, but not the Danube! #9993506Emile Abbott February 21, 2012
Thanks Debbie #9994122Nancy L. Green February 24, 2012
AWESOME capture Emile, beatuiful colors and wonderful POV!!! <>< #10000327Emile Abbott February 25, 2012
Thanks Nancy #10001758Phyllis A. Houghton September 04, 2012
that is incredible. My brother was just talking about the Panama Canal yesterday. What a feat for these canals.Thanks for you series of photos. In another life I think you were a teacher. Images have rich color and detail, but my favorite part is the narrative. #10308665Emile Abbott September 05, 2012
Thanks Phyllis. #10309592Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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