#canal

[worldhistoryfacts]

The French attempt to build a canal across Panama was a failure. Over 20,000 workers died, mudslides undid their work, and the French government covered up the company’s financial problems. The whole enterprise imploded in 1889 amidst public trials and upheaval in the government. This contemporary political cartoon compared the enthusiasm around the canal to biblical worship of the golden calf:

The canal was abandoned less than half finished, and most of the French equipment was left to become part of the landscape:

{Buy me a coffee} {WHF} {Medium} {Looking Through the Past}

#history #engineering #panama #canal #cartoon

[zegalba]

Snake Bridge on Macclesfield Canal. location: Astbury Congleton, England

#snake bridge #bridge #stone #design #canal #england #structure

[dixt]

utrecht, the netherlands ⋅ ph. utrechtalive 

#utrecht #the netherlands #netherlands #europe #utrechtalive #photo #photograph #photography #photographer #creator #travel #view #city #cityscape #autumn #fall #beauty #nature #architecture #canal #exterior #tourism #insta #instagram #twitter #tumblr #pinterest #blog #inspo #inspiration

[allthingseurope]

Utrecht, Netherlands (by Maxim Hoplman)

#utrecht #netherlands #europe #travel #vertical #canal #architecture #lights

[lionfloss]

The Nature Ship, Frankfurt, Germany

#the nature ship #frankfurt #germany #nature #boats #boat #boathouse #plants #woods #forest #trees #green #water #canal #river

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Venice #Italy #canal #vacation #travel #wanderlust

[illustratus]

Venice, A Canal in the Moonlight by Ludwig Mecklenburg

#ludwig mecklenburg #art #venice #venetian #italy #europe #european #moonlight #moonlit #night #evening #moon #canal #boats #gondolas #gondola #buildings #architecture #gondolier #gondoliers

[lovehina019]

#naturecore #nature vibes #nature #forest #scenery #explore #forests #flowercore #forest cottage #garden cottage #photography #cottagecore #landscape #water #canal #swan #plants and trees #fairycore #nature and plants #cottage aesthetic #cottage vibes

[satakentia]

Breaching Rays by Oli Walker

#landscape #curators on tumblr #winter #sunrise #outdoors #canal #sunrays #oli walker #cl #1k

[andallshallbewell]

#amsterdam #architecture #canal #bridge #spring

[1five1two]

#photography #bridge #moon #art #canal

[worldhistoryfacts]

American maneuvers around the Panama Canal were anything but subtle, and political cartoons around the world mocked their blatant land grab:

{Buy me a coffee} {WHF} {Medium} {Looking Through the Past}

#history #panama #canal #imperialism #cartoon

[scavengedluxury]

Bridge of Sighs, Venice, 1900. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

#venice #italy #canal #1900s

[thunderstruck9]

Valerius De Saedeleer (Belgian, 1867-1941), The Tempelhoeve in Latem in the Evening, c.1905. Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 46.5 cm.

#valerius de saedeleer #bekgian art #latem #tempelhoeve #canal #evening

[allthingseurope]

Amsterdam, Netherlands (by Sarah Sheedy)

#amsterdam #nethrelands #europe #travel #vertical #canal

[lionfloss]

by utrechtalive

#utrecht #netherlands #nature #photography #fog #mist #trees #canal #fall #autumn #curators on tumblr #water #cities #architecture #dark acamedia #aesthetic