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Famous bridges, dams and canals from around the world |
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 | Fraenkisches Seenland Staudammsystem
http://www.seenland-online.de/seenland/4geschichte_01.asp
http://www.brombachsee.com/Brombachsee_Geschichte_web/
http://www.fraenkische-seen.de/Lage/Karte_A-B-See/K_Brombachsee/k_brombachsee.htm
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 | The River Thames flood Barrier which is the flood defense for London. One section can be seen "Raised". Protects London from flooding during a high tide. |  | 07/31/2005 | 602 |
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 | The Lingqu Canal, dug in 214 B.C., is one of the three big water conservation projects of ancient China and the oldest existing canal in the world.It extends for 66 kilometers in Xing'an County to link up the Xiangjiang and Li rivers and the Changjiang and Zhujiang river systems. | | 07/31/2005 | 202 |
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 | The Kiel Canal (in German Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) is a 98 kilometre long waterway linking the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. An average of 280 nautical miles is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around Jutland. This not only saves time, it avoids potentially dangerous storm-prone seas. It is the world's busiest artificial wate... |  | 07/31/2005 | 410 |
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 | The Kiel Canal (in German Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) is a 98 kilometre long waterway linking the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. An average of 280 nautical miles is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around Jutland. This not only saves time, it avoids potentially dangerous storm-prone seas. It is the world's busiest artificial wate... | | 07/31/2005 | 325 |
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 | The Nurek dam in Tajikistan is 300 meters (984 feet) tall and at the moment (9/2005) the highest dam of the world (the Rogun dam (335 meters / 1,099 feet) still is under construction). |  | 07/31/2005 | 1,209 |
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 | Eisenhower Parkway - Triborough Bridge
Eisenhower Parkway runs from Roseland, NJ to Livingston NJ. It was supposed to continue on and attach to Route 24 in Chatham, NJ, which is where you see this bridge to nowhere. The cloverleaf is fully graded and includes curbing and drainage.
AT the other end of Eisenhower, it was supposed to attach to Route 46 in West Caldwell, NJ. Co... | | 07/31/2005 | 320 |
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 | I have attached for the Itaipu Dam an overlay with a better resolution than GoogleEarth original | | 07/30/2005 | 1,229 |
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 | Three Gorges Dam in China near Yichang.
3 Schluchten Damm in China | | 07/30/2005 | 1,696 |
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 | It's the Old Galata Bridge. | | 07/30/2005 | 619 |
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 | This is the Aswan Dam in Egypt. A well detailed Overlay.
Credit to: www.spaceimaging.com | | 07/30/2005 | 1,800 |
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 | One of the biggest dams in Germany. Destroyed during WWII by British bombers. Built up in 1911-1914 to produce electricity, although three villages were flooded. The ruins can be seen in summer when less water is in the lake. | | 07/30/2005 | 494 |
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 | SR520 is the longest floating bridge in the world at 7,578 feet. The bridge connects Seattle to the Eastside. |  | 07/30/2005 | 267 |
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Gret Belt Bridge, Denmark ( 1.624 Meters ). The Artificial Island of Sprogĝ connecting the East and West road- and rail link across The Great Belt, Denmark. | | 07/29/2005 | 636 |
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 | Large dam.
Well worth a fly around this area. | | 07/29/2005 | 286 |
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 | This is the Sengbach dam, close to Solingen in Germany ("Sengbach Talsperre" or "Solinger Talsperre"). It is one of the oldest water supplying dams in Germany. Nice place to walk at weekends and location for a running event in August (http://www.sengbachlauf.de/). | | 07/29/2005 | 630 |
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 | The Rion Bridge connects the Pelopponissos with the Greek mainland. With a lenght of 2252 Meters it is the world's longest cable-stayed suspended deck. It was opened on May 21, 2004.
Unfortunately google earth's data for this region are pretty old, so you can only see the beginning of the construction. | | 07/25/2005 | 345 |
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 | Large dam near Xain, China | | 07/24/2005 | 376 |
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 | Overlay of Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, USA | | 07/24/2005 | 874 |
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 | Joins the east and west coasts of Greece. |  | 07/23/2005 | 837 |
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 | Longest bridge in the world. Connects the south and north shores of Lake Pontchartrain. Distance is 24 miles. | | 07/22/2005 | 468 |
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.jpg) | Groundwork of the Bridge at Remagen over the river Rhine.
Editors note - There isn't a bridge yet, but you can see the beginnings of a bridge on either side of the Rhine.
Additional info (from user 600ccm):
On the 7th of March 1945, an advance unit of the 9th U.S. Armored Division, led by LT Karl H. Timmermann, an American of German descent, reached th... | | 07/22/2005 | 612 |
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 | The Ataturk Dam at Euphrates in Turkey | | 07/21/2005 | 771 |
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 | The world's longest suspension bridge in Japan, measuring 1991 metres long! |  | 07/20/2005 | 854 |
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 | This is the second longest suspension bridge in the world measuring 1624 metres long! | | 07/20/2005 | 581 |
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