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Famous bridges, dams and canals from around the world |
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 | The overlay is not in english and so correct in place, but it wouldn't go better.
GMR (GREAT MAN-MADE RIVER) WATER SUPPLY PROJECT, LIBYA
Contracts were awarded in 2001-02 for the next phase of Libya's Great Man-Made River Project, an enormous, long-term undertaking to supply the country's needs by drawing water from aquifers beneath the Sahara and conveying... |  | 08/20/2005 | 346 | 
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 | Integration Road (Rodoanel) Sao Paulo
In the picture this part is a tunnel and it was under costruction, but today it´s already done. |  | 08/19/2005 | 279 |
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 | The 4 mile long dam left of this placemark is considered the world's largest earth-filled hydro-electric dam. It was completed in 1940 and was the cover photo to the first issue of Life magazine.
The spillway (reservoir overflow) is to the upper right.
More information at:
www.fortpeckdam.com |  | 08/19/2005 | 382 |
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 | Shih-Men Dam in Northern Taiwan. It is not a major dam but there are many gorgeous scenery views nearby. |  | 08/19/2005 | 497 |
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 | File includes a path through the Erie canal and snapshots of locks on the canal with a couple of links to postcards on the locks. |  | 08/18/2005 | 272 |
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 | The Niddastausee (Niddatalsperre) accumulates the river Nidda at the edge of the bird mountain and has a surface of approximately 65 hectares. It lies in the bird mountain circle in the proximity of Schotten in Hessen. Build from 1968 to 1971.
Der Niddastausee (Niddatalsperre) staut den Fluss Nidda am Rand des Vogelsbergs und hat eine Fläche von rund 65 Hektar. Er liegt im Vogelb... | | 08/18/2005 | 205 |
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 | Road Bridge over the Mississippi river. Nice shadow!! | | 08/18/2005 | 206 |
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 | The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the major landmarks of Sydney, Australia, connecting the Sydney central business district (CBD) with the North Shore commercial and residential areas, both of which are located on Sydney Harbour. The dramatic water vista of the bridge together with the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of both Sydney and Australia. It was opened on 19 March 1932. | 08/17/2005 | 802 |
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 | OK, so North Korea doesn't feel left out, here's some dams in North Korea. | | 08/17/2005 | 353 |
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 | For those of you who collect Dams, a bunch (7) from South Korea. | | 08/17/2005 | 199 |
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 | Pontonbridge next to nearly destroyed Bridge in Basrah,Iraq. | | 08/16/2005 | 247 |
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 | San Gabriel River Flood Control in Northern Los Angeles. | | 08/15/2005 | 191 |
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 | "The longest bridge, the shortest route."
About the bridge.
12.9 kilometer span over icy water (record setter) Prince Edward Island - New Brunswick. Private (!) bridge until 2032.
Official Site: In 1987, the Governmen... |  | 08/14/2005 | 252 |
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 | Kariba Dam. Construction of this dam was accompanied by a huge operation to save wildlife from the flood. I think that Lake Kariba is the second largest man made lake in the world. Shame it isn't hi-res | | 08/13/2005 | 321 |
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 | To the right of the river and to the left of N Main street, you will see remnants of the Morris Canal This part of the canal ran right down plane street via an inclined plane. I believe the plane looked like so:
http://www.canalsocietynj.org/P7E.html but I could be mistaken. | | 08/12/2005 | 158 |
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 | The disaster of the Malpasset dam (barrage de Malpasset), which broke on the night of 2 December 1959 and killed over 420 people, possibly even more than 500. | | 08/11/2005 | 393 |
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 | Portugalete Transporter Bridge, Spain. This ferry bridge was built in 1893. One of 8 bridges which is still in use // Schwebefähre in Portugalete, Spanien. Eine von 8 weltweit noch erhaltenen Schwebefähren. Sie wurde 1893 erbaut und ist damit die älteste. | | 08/11/2005 | 206 |
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 | Aioi Bridge was a nationally known T-shaped bridge with girders extending from its central section to Jisenji-no-hana (now, the north end of Peace Memorial Park). The bridge was the target of the atomic bomb. The bomb missed slightly, exploding 300 meters from the bridge in the air over Shima Hospital.
It was reconstructed after the war and replaced in 1983 by a newer, again T- ... |  | 08/10/2005 | 180 |
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 | The Port of La Plata, near Buenos Aires, over the Rio de La Plata. That city is capital of Buenos Aires state. | | 08/09/2005 | 274 |
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 | the draw bridge is starting to close! | | 08/09/2005 | 257 |
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 | Wooden Railway Bridge on the San Diego & Arizona Line (Wikipedia link). |  | 08/09/2005 | 468 |
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 | Really cool shadow off the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, Michigan. | | 08/08/2005 | 246 |
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 | A large dam in China | | 08/08/2005 | 602 |
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 | One of the longest bridges in the world, +/- 17Km (10.5 Mile) | | 08/08/2005 | 420 |
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 | This shot shows the old and new.
The new bridge, called the Sunshine Skyway, was build to replace the previous bridge damaged when hit by a freighter in 1980.
The new bridge is 22,000 ft long and 175 ft above water.
If you zoom in on the center crossing you will see the yellow cables. | | 08/08/2005 | 360 |
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