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Famous bridges, dams and canals from around the world |
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 | A Popular Recrational Dam for residents of Pretoria and Johannesburg
http://www.southafrica.net/heritage/heritage_routes/nw_hartebeespoort.cfm |  | 09/20/2005 | 255 | 
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 | One of the most pleasant ways to discover Amsterdam is doing it by boat! |  | 09/19/2005 | 619 |
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 | The footbridge over the Cam connecting old and new buildings of Queen's College. |  | 09/18/2005 | 173 |
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 | The Somerset Dam wall is a mass concrete gravity type, using a volume 203,000 cubic metres of concrete. This type of construction resists the thrusts of the water by its weight alone. |  | 09/18/2005 | 321 |
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 | Aqueduct carrying the Union Canal over the M8. | | 09/17/2005 | 185 |
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 | The longest stone bridge in England, built to cross the River Trent and the marshland each side. There has been a bridge here since the 13th century. The southernmost point reached by the army of Bonnie Prince Charlie before they retreated to Scotland | | 09/17/2005 | 161 |
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 | One of the first pre-cast concrete structures in the world, carries the railway 120 feet above the River Tamar, with foundations sunk up to 47 feet. | | 09/17/2005 | 189 |
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 | The southern portal of Blisworth Tunnel, just outside Stoke Bruerne. | | 09/16/2005 | 150 |
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 | The northern portal of Blisworth, second longest canal tunnel in England after Standedge Tunnel | | 09/16/2005 | 160 |
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 | Bow Locks on the once busy but now neglected "Bow Backs" waterways in the East End of London. Currently designated a Priority One restoration project by British Waterways. | | 09/15/2005 | 133 |
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 | Midmar Dam is the largest Dam in Kwazulu Natal and hosts the Midmar Mile open water swimming race every year. | | 09/15/2005 | 184 |
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 | A new bridge under construction in Hong Kong with a total length of 2.9 miles. The harbour is also under construction. | | 09/14/2005 | 408 |
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 | Ponte das Bandeiras - Flag Bridge. This bridge has two famous Brazilian clubs in its sides: on left, 'Clube Tietê' and on right 'Espéria'. These two were big rivals in the past, in nautical sports when the Tietê river was clean. | | 09/13/2005 | 179 |
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 | These bridges have been left unfinished in mid-air for years and years. All they're good for are creative TV ads and under-road parking. |  | 09/12/2005 | 289 |
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 | This map shows the Federal water ways of germany. | | 09/11/2005 | 418 |
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 | The reservoir north of this dam displays nicely laid-out coastline due to low water level | | 09/11/2005 | 201 |
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 | The Farakka Barrage, constructed by India in 1974, only a few miles from Bangladesh border, is a water resource development project. The Farakka barrage is a low height dam, constructed mainly to divert water from the main channel of Ganges-Padma river that flows through Bangladesh into the Hoogly-Bhagirathi channel for irrigation services and the resuscitation of the Hoogly port in Kolkata. | | 09/10/2005 | 226 |
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 | 4.8 km long bridge. It crosses the Jamuna River (the main channel of the Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh) from Bhuapur on the East Bank to Sirajganj on the West. | | 09/10/2005 | 293 |
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 | A pack of 9 bridges over the Brisbane River , Queensland Australia | | 09/08/2005 | 271 |
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 | In sept. 1944 allied troops tried to conquer the Rhine Bridge of Arnheim. They failed. Later the germans blow up the bridge. (Pic. Royal air Force) | | 09/06/2005 | 582 |
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 | Huge cotton growing scheme , 80,000 hectare irrigation property which has the capacity to store more water than Sydney Harbour , thought by many to be one of the biggest enviromental scandals in Australia | | 09/06/2005 | 738 |
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 | Tinarro Dam, Atherton Tablelands - Queensland, Australia | | 09/05/2005 | 196 |
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 | Hendaye Harbour,France
Hondarriba Harbour, Spain | | 09/05/2005 | 345 |
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 | Junction of Leeds & Liverpool Canal & Rufford Canal. The Rufford Arm, heading North to the Ribble, was opened in 1781. There may be two working boats adrift, blocking the junction, as sometimes happens. The remains of the old dry dock can be seen to the left of the junction. | | 09/05/2005 | 161 |
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 | This is a famous pier in yucatan, here it comes all the import and export of the Henequen(Plant used to manufacture carpets.) In Progreso, Yucatan | | 09/04/2005 | 327 |
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