Aqueducts Akimbo (Locationless, Boatable) Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
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hober on 11-Oct-02. Waypoint GC9A0E
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Found this aqueduct in Hollenstedt in Lower Saxony. The river called Este. Thanks for the cache.
This is a Viaduckt over the "Großarche" in the proximity of Koessen/Austria. At this beautiful place I was in August 05 on Cachtour in Austria. In the proximity a Cache (GC9A0E) lies to be also still visited can. Thanks for the Cache.
San Antonio has some great waterways that draws some major tourist business. Every year at Christmas, they go crazy with the lights.
This is a time exposure of the river with a boat.
This is a time exposure of the river with a boat.
Southern England (UK) The Basingstoke Canal is a restored canal that covers some 32 miles of navigatable water.
Re-opened in 1991 by His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent.
The canal has many users boating/fishing etc. and has a lovely towpath for great walks.
The Aqueduct was opened in 1995 having been provided to traverse a newly built road.
Find out more: http://www.basingstoke-canal.co.uk/
Re-opened in 1991 by His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent.
The canal has many users boating/fishing etc. and has a lovely towpath for great walks.
The Aqueduct was opened in 1995 having been provided to traverse a newly built road.
Find out more: http://www.basingstoke-canal.co.uk/
We were in Central America for the holidays when we came across this aquaduct ... what an engineering marvel. It's part of the Gutan Lake and Locks which are the first of 6 in the Panama Canal. Water is moved from Gutan Lake to the canal to raise and lower the lock water level to allow the boats to pass through the canal. Thanks for sharing!
This aqueduct is on the Calder and Hebble Navigation near Halifax. It carries the canal over a river which I think is the Hebble. It is just before a guillotine lock.
This Aqueduct is in Germany, i founf it with Goldregen near Hessen at the Edersee, Germany.
TFTC Snowdream
TFTC Snowdream
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
Shelby Township, Michigan
This aqueduct at one time carried the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal over the Clinton River in Shelby Township, Michigan.
The Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal was to stretch from the Clinton River in Frederick (now Clinton Township) to Kalamazoo River in Allegan County. This would form a continuous east west water route across southern Michigan.
Work on the canal was begun on July 19, 1838 in Frederick.
Unfortunately, by 1843, the company formed to oversee the construction of the canal was bankrupt and work on the canal ended.
Parts of the canal are still visible in nearby parks and most noticeably along Canal Road in Clinton Township.
A series of colorful signs have been erected along the canal route in Macomb and Oakland Counties.
Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
Shelby Township, Michigan
This aqueduct at one time carried the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal over the Clinton River in Shelby Township, Michigan.
The Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal was to stretch from the Clinton River in Frederick (now Clinton Township) to Kalamazoo River in Allegan County. This would form a continuous east west water route across southern Michigan.
Work on the canal was begun on July 19, 1838 in Frederick.
Unfortunately, by 1843, the company formed to oversee the construction of the canal was bankrupt and work on the canal ended.
Parts of the canal are still visible in nearby parks and most noticeably along Canal Road in Clinton Township.
A series of colorful signs have been erected along the canal route in Macomb and Oakland Counties.
#119
We came across this aquaduct while doing 'The Wench is Dead' cache (GCMPTC). This aquaduct belongs to the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is used to cross the River Trent and is very close to 'The Bloody Steps' where the Christina Collins was murdered, hence the name of the cache.
We came across this aquaduct while doing 'The Wench is Dead' cache (GCMPTC). This aquaduct belongs to the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is used to cross the River Trent and is very close to 'The Bloody Steps' where the Christina Collins was murdered, hence the name of the cache.
#1062: This is part of the National Canal Museum in Easton, Pennsylvania. I urge anyone interested in this (that must be you, cache-owner) to go to http://www.canals.org/ for the most comprehensive information on this. I loved doing this cache!
According to their website: "Come discover America's canal heritage at the National Canal Museum. Take a journey back in time to the early 1800s and experience what the world was like before railroads, highways and airplanes. Explore the water exhibits, learn about canal life, and mingle with the model trains on your journey into the past. See how canals are still relevant today."
According to the marker in Hugh Moore State Park, Easton, Pennsylvania:
This canal's 47 miles from Mauch Chunk to Easton were constructed 1827-1829. Here the Lehigh Canal connected with the Delaware Canal to Philadelphia, and with the Morris Canal to New York. Vital to the transport of anthracite coal and to the rise of the anthracite iron industry, the Lehigh Canal was in full operation until 1932, and in partial operation 10 years longer. This section was fully restored, 1976.
Now during the thawed months, they have canal boat rides. Can't wait to bring my kids down here next spring.
According to their website: "Come discover America's canal heritage at the National Canal Museum. Take a journey back in time to the early 1800s and experience what the world was like before railroads, highways and airplanes. Explore the water exhibits, learn about canal life, and mingle with the model trains on your journey into the past. See how canals are still relevant today."
According to the marker in Hugh Moore State Park, Easton, Pennsylvania:
This canal's 47 miles from Mauch Chunk to Easton were constructed 1827-1829. Here the Lehigh Canal connected with the Delaware Canal to Philadelphia, and with the Morris Canal to New York. Vital to the transport of anthracite coal and to the rise of the anthracite iron industry, the Lehigh Canal was in full operation until 1932, and in partial operation 10 years longer. This section was fully restored, 1976.
Now during the thawed months, they have canal boat rides. Can't wait to bring my kids down here next spring.
This aqueduct carries the Birmingham-Worcester canal over Holliday Street in Birmingham city-centre.
The canal itself was built between 1791 and 1815. This aqueduct, being just 100 metres from the start of the canal in Birmingham, dates from the early 1790's. In the photos you can see the old gas street lamps which light the road as it goes under the canal.
You can read more about the history of the canal [url=http://catshill.com/wbcs/about.htm]here[/url].
The canal itself was built between 1791 and 1815. This aqueduct, being just 100 metres from the start of the canal in Birmingham, dates from the early 1790's. In the photos you can see the old gas street lamps which light the road as it goes under the canal.
You can read more about the history of the canal [url=http://catshill.com/wbcs/about.htm]here[/url].
This is the old and new aqueduct of the Dortmund-Ems canal located near Muenster / Germany.
Greetings Schnueffelnasen
Greetings Schnueffelnasen
Tonoloway was a small aqueduct crossing the Tonolony Creek near Hancock, MD. The sides are gone and the arches are supported by braces. A bridge now crosses where the sidewalls were so that hikers and bikers can continue to use the C & O canal towpath in that area. [Note to SBUX: The aquaduct near McCoy's Ferry is the Licking Creek Aqueduct.] #109
We found aquaduct near Pardubice, Czech Rep.
[This entry was edited by v&f family on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 12:54:41 PM.]
[This entry was edited by v&f family on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 12:54:41 PM.]
In 1803, after ten long years of planning and digging with pick axes, shovels and blasting with "the best foreign gun powder" , the Middlesex Canal was completed and open for business. From 1803 to 1853 draft horses pulled passenger packets and freight barges along its 27 mile route , through a series of twenty locks and eight aqueducts, from Charlestown to Middlesex Village ( now part of Lowell ).
At Middlesex Village , boats entered the Merrimack River and were poled or sailed up the river, skirting the falls via small branch canals as far north as Concord, New Hampshire. At the south end, freight traffic reached Boston by crossing the Charles River and entering the Mill Creek Canal along the present Canal Street to Haymarket Square and into the harbor near Quincy Market.
The canal was a vital force in opening Boston commerce to the interior of New Hampshire, from where came logs and timbers for Boston and Medford shipyards. Granite from the Westford and Tyngsboro quarries was carried down the canal for the construction of the Quincy Market and the State Prison at Charlestown. On the return trip from Boston much needed supplies and consumer goods were carried into the interior. Later, the raw cotton consumed in huge quantities by the Lowell mills and the cotton cloth they wove, traveled up and down the canal.
In addition to the commercial traffic were the tourists. The canal proprietors were among the first to cater to the tourist trade by developing a pleasure resort at Horn Pond in Woburn, complete with restaurant, swimming, picnic grove, band concerts, excursion boats, and a bowling alley. In winter when the ice was suitable people enjoyed skating on the canal, some going all the way from Charlestown to the Merrimack River and back in a single day.
The Golden Age of the canal was short lived because the Boston & Lowell Railroad. Built in 1835 it began to seriously cut into the canal's business. By 1853 the railroad , with its faster pace and year-round operation, had completely put the canal out of service.
At Middlesex Village , boats entered the Merrimack River and were poled or sailed up the river, skirting the falls via small branch canals as far north as Concord, New Hampshire. At the south end, freight traffic reached Boston by crossing the Charles River and entering the Mill Creek Canal along the present Canal Street to Haymarket Square and into the harbor near Quincy Market.
The canal was a vital force in opening Boston commerce to the interior of New Hampshire, from where came logs and timbers for Boston and Medford shipyards. Granite from the Westford and Tyngsboro quarries was carried down the canal for the construction of the Quincy Market and the State Prison at Charlestown. On the return trip from Boston much needed supplies and consumer goods were carried into the interior. Later, the raw cotton consumed in huge quantities by the Lowell mills and the cotton cloth they wove, traveled up and down the canal.
In addition to the commercial traffic were the tourists. The canal proprietors were among the first to cater to the tourist trade by developing a pleasure resort at Horn Pond in Woburn, complete with restaurant, swimming, picnic grove, band concerts, excursion boats, and a bowling alley. In winter when the ice was suitable people enjoyed skating on the canal, some going all the way from Charlestown to the Merrimack River and back in a single day.
The Golden Age of the canal was short lived because the Boston & Lowell Railroad. Built in 1835 it began to seriously cut into the canal's business. By 1853 the railroad , with its faster pace and year-round operation, had completely put the canal out of service.
Found at 13:13 on what became a very wet and windy day. The aqueduct I have chosen carries the “Royal Canal†over the Clonard-Longwood road. It is located near the town of Longwood in County Meath, Ireland. Sadly, I don’t know how to insert links – but a search of Google will produce all information.
The Royal Canal was constructed between 1791 and 1817 and runs from the Irish Sea at Dublin to the river Shannon. Its main line is 90.5 miles, it has 46 locks and its highest point is 323.5 feet above sea level. Incidentally, it cost £1,421,954 (convert that into today’s money!).
This section was built circa 1802. When the canal was in commercial use, the harbour beside the aqueduct was known locally as “Boyne Dock†(there is a more impressive, three-arched aqueduct nearby – over the river Boyne). A major breach of the embankment, east of ‘my’ aqueduct occurred in June 1993.
BTW, even though the photos show 3rd November, I assure you that I took them (in the cold) on 7th. Thanks for ‘placing’ the cache. “Go raibh maith agat†(Irish language).
Moonshiner X (Ireland) (cache # 213)
The Royal Canal was constructed between 1791 and 1817 and runs from the Irish Sea at Dublin to the river Shannon. Its main line is 90.5 miles, it has 46 locks and its highest point is 323.5 feet above sea level. Incidentally, it cost £1,421,954 (convert that into today’s money!).
This section was built circa 1802. When the canal was in commercial use, the harbour beside the aqueduct was known locally as “Boyne Dock†(there is a more impressive, three-arched aqueduct nearby – over the river Boyne). A major breach of the embankment, east of ‘my’ aqueduct occurred in June 1993.
BTW, even though the photos show 3rd November, I assure you that I took them (in the cold) on 7th. Thanks for ‘placing’ the cache. “Go raibh maith agat†(Irish language).
Moonshiner X (Ireland) (cache # 213)
This time we found a correct aqueduct. This canalization crosses over river Ter, near the city of Girona, Spain.
Greetings.
Greetings.
Aqueduct Canal in Nanzen-ji, Kyoto, Japan. The construction for the canal started in 1881 and completed in 1890. The original purpose of the canal was passage of ship between Osaka bay and Biwa Lake, water power for textile industry, farming, etc. Soon, the canal was used for hydroelectric power generation. Currently it is used for aqueduct only.
CHESTER, UK
Its very flat in this area and we have few canals, and even fewer aquaducts! I resorted to a map to track the Shropshire Union Canal around Chester and was surprised to find the "Deva Aquaduct" built in 1992. I've been under it many times on the way to the neartby retail park, but nerver knew I was going under a canal!
TFTC
Its very flat in this area and we have few canals, and even fewer aquaducts! I resorted to a map to track the Shropshire Union Canal around Chester and was surprised to find the "Deva Aquaduct" built in 1992. I've been under it many times on the way to the neartby retail park, but nerver knew I was going under a canal!
TFTC
Hello!
I found a very nice " Aqueducts Akimbo " in Prümzurlay/near Bitburg/Germany.
I found a very nice " Aqueducts Akimbo " in Prümzurlay/near Bitburg/Germany.
Geocache found on Sunday, the 16th of October 2005. This is the "Navalcarbón" boatable aqueduct, near the city of Las Rozas, Madrid (Spain). It was projected on Century XVIII to provide a navigational way from the Guadarrama River to the Guadalquivir River, but the civil work was not finished. Best Regards / Juande.
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Geocache encontrado el Domingo, 16 de Octubre de 2005. Este es el canal navegable del Navalcarbón, cerca de la ciudad de Las Rozas, Madrid (España). Fue projectado en el Siglo XVIII para proveer un cauce navegable desde el RÃo Guadarrama al RÃo Guadalquivir, aunque la obra civil nunca llegó a acabar. Un Saludo / Juande.
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Geocache encontrado el Domingo, 16 de Octubre de 2005. Este es el canal navegable del Navalcarbón, cerca de la ciudad de Las Rozas, Madrid (España). Fue projectado en el Siglo XVIII para proveer un cauce navegable desde el RÃo Guadarrama al RÃo Guadalquivir, aunque la obra civil nunca llegó a acabar. Un Saludo / Juande.
Hi, i found this Aqueduct in Germany, Nrw near Bochum. TFTC Gruß Team Snowdream
Bushwhack Bob and I found this aqueduct on the Middlesex Canal in the Wilmington Town Forest. The canal opened in 1803 and was more than 27 miles long connecting Boston and Lowell. There were 20 locks, 8 aqueducts and 48 bridges built for the canal. The canal operated until 1853 when it was put out of business by the new railroad. This Aqueduct was known as the Maple Meadow Aqueduct and passed over Maple Meadow Brook.
This Aqueduct is on the A5 road between Cannock and Telford uk, the bridge was constructed by Thomas Telford in 1832. It has shown on the side of the bridge Birmingham- Liverpool cannal.
Im Norden von Minden/ Deutschland überquert der Mittellandkanal den Fluß Weser. Neben der alten Kanalbrücke ist zusätzlich eine neue, breitere Brücke gebaut worden. Der Kanal überquert hier nicht nur die Weser, sondern ein Stück weiter auch noch eine Straße und ein Gütergleis.
Leider war es schon zu dunkel. In den nächsten Wochen werde ich bessere Bilder mit Tageslicht hochladen.
In the north of Minden/ Germany the Mittelandkanal ("midlandcanal") crosses the river Weser. Next to the old aqueduct an second one was build some years ago. About hundred meters along the canal also crosses a road and a railroad line.
I will be back here in a few weeks to load up some better daylight-pictures.
links
http://www.wsa-minden.de/wasserstrassen/mittellandkanal/
http://www.wsv.de/Service/Besucherziele/Schachtschleuse_Minden/
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittellandkanal
Leider war es schon zu dunkel. In den nächsten Wochen werde ich bessere Bilder mit Tageslicht hochladen.
In the north of Minden/ Germany the Mittelandkanal ("midlandcanal") crosses the river Weser. Next to the old aqueduct an second one was build some years ago. About hundred meters along the canal also crosses a road and a railroad line.
I will be back here in a few weeks to load up some better daylight-pictures.
links
http://www.wsa-minden.de/wasserstrassen/mittellandkanal/
http://www.wsv.de/Service/Besucherziele/Schachtschleuse_Minden/
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittellandkanal
Duck Creek. This aqueduct is in Metamora, IN. Built in 1843 to convey the Whitewater canal over the Duck Creek, 16 feet below.
The James Bridge Aqueduct, Bentley, is a Grade II listed structure.
Built in 1797, this aqueduct carries the Walsall mainline canal over the Bentley Mill way and river tame, often mistaken for a stream.
Built in 1797, this aqueduct carries the Walsall mainline canal over the Bentley Mill way and river tame, often mistaken for a stream.
Windmill Lane Aqueduct (Three Bridges)
Grand Union Canal, Southall, Ealing, West London, UK
This is a complex structure that is hard to photograph well because it carries the canal over a railway line. It would be easy, but both illegal and stupid to climb down to get shots from below. Most of the pictures I took are from the road bridge over the aqueduct. The what? A bridge over the aqueduct? Read on.
Three Bridges is a fantastic piece of engineering from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel]Isambard Kingdom Brunel[/url] where the challenge was to carry the canal, a road and a footpath all at different angles over a deep cutting of the Great Western and Brentford Railway. Work started in 1856 and the brick and cast iron structure was one of the last projects Brunel worked on before his death.
The result is a superimposing of rail, water and road transport links all directly over one another. The foot bridge seems completely disused now, but accounts for the 3rd bridge of the name. This area is rich in such Victorian engineering including the Hanwell Flight of Locks and the imposing Wharncliffe Viaduct.
Thanks for this cache; it was fun taking a closer look at the canal. Simon.
Grand Union Canal, Southall, Ealing, West London, UK
This is a complex structure that is hard to photograph well because it carries the canal over a railway line. It would be easy, but both illegal and stupid to climb down to get shots from below. Most of the pictures I took are from the road bridge over the aqueduct. The what? A bridge over the aqueduct? Read on.
Three Bridges is a fantastic piece of engineering from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel]Isambard Kingdom Brunel[/url] where the challenge was to carry the canal, a road and a footpath all at different angles over a deep cutting of the Great Western and Brentford Railway. Work started in 1856 and the brick and cast iron structure was one of the last projects Brunel worked on before his death.
The result is a superimposing of rail, water and road transport links all directly over one another. The foot bridge seems completely disused now, but accounts for the 3rd bridge of the name. This area is rich in such Victorian engineering including the Hanwell Flight of Locks and the imposing Wharncliffe Viaduct.
Thanks for this cache; it was fun taking a closer look at the canal. Simon.
Cool!
The Savannah-Ogeechee Canal
Savannah, Georgia, USA
At first I had my doubts if I had a "qualifying" canal, but repeated trips to the museum revealed an old structure that truly qualified - it is both a boatable canal that mules pulled cargo along AND it had one aqueduct that allowed it to cross a water drainage ditch (to dry some of the swampland).
Although the actual structure is gone, a couple of historians assured me of its existence and showed me the renditions of how it looked based on some of the design drawings in their archives. No historical photographs exist of it. Today, with the aqueduct removed, there is a "Y" intersection as the drainage ditch is missing one portion and now empties into the old canal bed.
More facts on the waterway? Sure, it's about 16.5 miles long and connects the Ogeechee River and Savannah River. There were six locks. It was built mostly with indentured servants from Africa, Ireland, etc. It has a website: www.socanalmuseum.org and it very visitable (but not so boatable anymore).
Thanks for a great cache. Well worth the hunt! Johann Panholtz
The Savannah-Ogeechee Canal
Savannah, Georgia, USA
At first I had my doubts if I had a "qualifying" canal, but repeated trips to the museum revealed an old structure that truly qualified - it is both a boatable canal that mules pulled cargo along AND it had one aqueduct that allowed it to cross a water drainage ditch (to dry some of the swampland).
Although the actual structure is gone, a couple of historians assured me of its existence and showed me the renditions of how it looked based on some of the design drawings in their archives. No historical photographs exist of it. Today, with the aqueduct removed, there is a "Y" intersection as the drainage ditch is missing one portion and now empties into the old canal bed.
More facts on the waterway? Sure, it's about 16.5 miles long and connects the Ogeechee River and Savannah River. There were six locks. It was built mostly with indentured servants from Africa, Ireland, etc. It has a website: www.socanalmuseum.org and it very visitable (but not so boatable anymore).
Thanks for a great cache. Well worth the hunt! Johann Panholtz
Saddington Aquaduct, built in the late 1700's along with the whole canal system in England for the commercial transport of goods, still used today for pleasure craft, my boat in background.
This aqueduct is in Stratford, Ontario. The photo is taken from a dam that controls the amount of water passing through the duct seasonally. It is usually still boatable in the spring, but is quite low this year due to the drought we had this summer. Its architecture is beautiful to look at.
Went here for a cache and talk about ancient. This one crumbled. There were a few remaining columns still standing. The Farmington Aqueduct was for the Northhampton Canal. This canal ran from Northhampton, Ma. to New Haven, Ct. from 1828 to 1848. It came down through Westfield and Southwick, Ma. It used north, middle and south Congamond ponds in Southwick, Ma. What's left to it sits in Farmington, Ma. I was alone and it was next to impossible to get myself in this picture.
Picture shows Avoncliff Aqueduct near Bradford on Avon, Wilts which we visited this morning. Involves the Kennet and Avon Canal which travels across England.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was designed by Thomas Telford. Construction started in 1795 and it was opened on 26th Nov 1805.
At over 1000 feet long, Pontcysyllte is the longest and highest cast-iron aqueduct in the world. It is now a protected Grade I listed building, a Welsh National Monument and is one of the seven wonders of the British Inland Waterways System.
At over 1000 feet long, Pontcysyllte is the longest and highest cast-iron aqueduct in the world. It is now a protected Grade I listed building, a Welsh National Monument and is one of the seven wonders of the British Inland Waterways System.
Found during a Nightcaching Tour next Hannover/Germany
It's the "Mittellandkanal" and its a very important point for that cache!!
It's the "Mittellandkanal" and its a very important point for that cache!!
