The Bowling Boat Basin on the Firth of Clyde which forms the western end of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Opened in 1790, this was the world's first sea-to-sea canal designed specifically to shorten shipping routes, and paving the way for the likes of the Panama and Suez Canals.
The large white building at the right hand side of the photo is the former Customs House from where movements into the canal were controlled.
Amazing light once again here in beautiful #Amsterdam with fog and sun, so I took my humble DSLR out on a little walk. The photo shows the ferry en route to the old shipyards on the north side of town. #Mist#sun#foggy#canals#shipyards#photography
Amazing light once again here in beautiful #Amsterdam with fog and sun, so I took my humble DSLR out on a little walk. The photo shows the ferry en route to the old shipyards on the north side of town. #Mist#sun#foggy#canals#shipyards#photography
The Amstel river was excavated between 2003 - 2012, everything that was found was put on this amazing archeological website. Scroll back in time for remarkable everyday objects
The Forth and Clyde Canal in the north of Glasgow. Designed by John Smeaton and constructed between 1768 and 1790, it allowed goods and ships to move from the North Sea to the North Atlantic without having the pass through the treacherous waters along the North of Scotland. It was the world's first man-made sea-to-sea canal, making it the forerunner of canals like the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal.
A fragment of the old Monkland Canal passing under Castle Street in Glasgow.
Designed by James Watt, the Monkland Canal was completed in 1794 and was built to bring coal from the mines around Monklands into Glasgow. Most of it was filled in in the 1970s when the M8 motoway was built on top of it, but small fragments like this remain.
If you look carefully at the iron guard on the bridge pier on the left of this picture, you can see where the ropes used to pull the barges have cut into it.
Thanks to Centre-Ground on Twitter for bringing this interesting remnant from the past to my attention.
A lovely bike ride along canal towpaths today made me wonder whether one day disused motorways will become havens for walkers, cyclists and wildlife. Although the joy of that thought does rather depend on us not replacing them with something worse. #cars#canals
An #introduction
I am new around here, but not new to Mastodon. I'm active on another instance, this is a second account .
My main interests are in my profile, but here goes
I'm 68 and happily retired after 40 years in the NHS as a Healthcare Scientist and ending my career as a Patient Safety Manager. I now volunteer on the canal system.
I've been a lifetime cyclist : touring & audax (I'm too unfit for sport)
I have lived in Leicestershire with my wife for many years. We have two grown up children - our daughter has severe mental health issues. I also suffer with depression & anxiety.
I"m a Radio Ham, I sketch & draw (for my own pleasure ). I collect and use old film cameras.
I've been learning to play Petanque (and really enjoying it). We've got two allotment plots.
I earned a Humanities degree (French & Art History ) about 15 years ago.