Autumn Canals and Gondolas
Gondolas and waterways with the changing fall foliage
can be one of the most picturesque images of the season. If you're
an artist or photographer whose portfolio contains fall canal art,
please
click here to learn more about
opportunities with Golden Autumn.
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Canals are so deeply identified with Venice that many
canal cities have been nicknamed "the Venice of..." The city is built on
marshy islands, with wooden piles supporting the buildings, so that
there is not so much the waterways which are man-made, as the land. The
islands have a long history of settlement, and by the 12th century
Venice was a powerful city state.
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| Amsterdam Canal |
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| Venice Ambiance |
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| Afternoon River |
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| Row Quietly |
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The oldest-known canals were built in Mesopotamia circa
4000 BC, in what is now modern-day Iraq and Syria. The Indus Valley
Civilization in Pakistan and North India (from circa 2600 BC) had a
sophisticated canal irrigation system. The longest canal of early
medieval times was the Grand Canal of China, still the longest canal in
the world today. The project began in 605, although the oldest sections
of the canal may have existed since circa 486 BC. Even in its narrowest
urban sections it is rarely less than 30 m (100 ft) wide.
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| Afternoon in Venice |
| Richards |
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| Cafe in Venice |
| Viktor Shvaiko |
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| Douce France |
| Viktor Shvaiko |
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| Chichester Canal Turner |
| William Turner |
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| Memories of Venice I |
| Albena Hristova |
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| Memories of Venice II |
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| Morning in Venice |
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| Memories of Venice III |
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| Memories of Venice IV |
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In Europe and then in the young United States, inland
canals preceded the development of railroads during the earliest phase
of the Industrial Revolution; some canals were later drained and used as
railroad rights-of-way. Navigable canals reached into previously
isolated areas and brought them in touch with the world economy. The
Erie Canal, for instance, opened up a connection from the populated
Northeast to the fertile Great Plains.
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| Fall Splendor |
| Barbara Hails |
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| Autumn in Water Village |
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The oldest canal built for industrial purposes in North
America is Mother Brook in Dedham, MA. It was constructed in 1639 to
provide water power for mills. Lowell, Massachusetts, considered to be
"The Cradle of the American Industrial Revolution," has 6 miles of
canals, built from around 1790 to 1850, that provided waterpower and a
means of transportation for the city.
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