Hat canal

Pavel N. Matustik, The Hat overseeing the Canal from Trump’s Hotel
[flickr]

Panamas (1902)

Panama canal paintings

Al Sprague, Cascadas

Al Sprague, Ship in Locks

Alexander Brook, Barrage Balloon (1943)
One of many Barrage Balloons used in the defense of the Panama Canal during World War II. This painting shows soldiers preparing one for launch. This scene could have been in any area along the Panama Canal, but most likely near one of the Locks.

Alton Tobey, The Panama Canal

Cynthia Cooley, Panama Canal

Cynthia Guild, Panama Canal (2015)

Cynthia Guild, Sliding Through (2010)

John Dos Passos: Blaise Cendrars, Le panama ou les aventures de mes sept oncles (1931)

Simon Bird, Mira Flores Locks, Panama Canal (2005) 

Tavik Frantisek Simon, Canal of Panama

Wallace Trickett, Ulster Star in the Gaillard Cut, Panama Canal (2007)

Panama canal painting

And when we search for fine art paintings with the key words “panama canal painting”, we also find this kind of images:

Panama Ship Service offers painting services that include grit blasting, hydro-blasting, new hull and deck painting and coatings. We can complete projects on vessels of all sizes and types.

Panamax and New Panamax are terms for the size limits for ships traveling through the Panama Canal. Panamax specifications have been in effect since the opening of the canal in 1914. Ships that do not fall within the Panamax-sizes are called post-Panamax.

source: Panama Canal Authority

Expanding the Panama Canal [very informative large photos]

Dunescape

William Langley (1852-1922), a British landscape painter. One of his favourite subjects was sand dunes, which he depicted in many of his paintings.

Two ways to make a dune

Mildred Ruth Wilson, Sand Dune

Pictorial Photography in America (1921)

Le plus haut phare du Canada

© Diane {flickr}

Le plus haut phare du Canada mesure 34m et s’élève à Cap-des-Rosiers, sur la rive sud du fleuve Saint-Laurent, au sommet d'une falaise de 15m en forte pente. C'est à cet endroit que se trouve l'embouchure du fleuve qui s'y jette dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent.

© Thierry Ducharme {flickr}

Il a été allumé la première fois le 15 mars 1858. Pour atteindre son sommet, il faut monter 122 marches.

© Mélisande {flickr}

Le mot phare vient du latin pharus, lui-même dérivé du grec Pharos, qui est le nom de l'île où se trouvait le phare d'Alexandrie. Le mot phare est donc un onomastisme nominal, comme poubelle, diésel, renard… Cette origine est conservée dans beaucoup de langues, comme en italien et espagnol (faro), portugais (farol) et les langues scandinaves (fyr). Cependant, certaines langues comme l'anglais (lighthouse), l'allemand (Leuchtturm), le néerlandais (Vuurtoren), le russe (Маяк) ou le tchèque (Majàk) ont préféré créer un nom composé expliquant la fonction du phare.

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Dans ce reportage télé de juillet dernier, on apprend que le plus haut phare du Canada est malheureusement bien mal en point.

On the harbour walls

Hannah Cole was born and grew up in a small hamlet in rural North Devon UK and has maintained a long affinity with the countryside and landscape. As a child she spent a year living in Morocco, the memories of which influence her work. {source}

A quiet corner

Blue doorway

Bobbing along with harbour wall

Bobbing along with harbour wall

Brighton beach

Hills behind Port Isaac

On the harbour walls

Red boat

Sunday morning on the beach

Three boats

Waiting by the old beach huts

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Belle époque on the ocean

Edwardian era lady

Launched during the Edwardian era (1901-1910s), RMS Lusitania and Mauretania were British oceanliners. They both have been briefly the world's biggest ship.

First class promenade on the boat deck (Lusitania)

Machinery space (Lusitania)

Deck equipment and navigation bridge (Lusitania)

Kitchen (Lusitania)

Officer standing on the navigation bridge, looking aft (Lusitania)

Purser's bureau on the promenade deck (Lusitania)

Stateroom, second class (Lusitania)

Third class dining saloon (Lusitania)

Crew of Mauretania

Edwardian photomanipulation?

Deck machinery and curved bridge front (Mauretania)

Engine control room (Mauretania)

First class smoking room (Mauretania)

General view of upper and lower dining saloon (Mauretania)

Kitchen (Mauretania)

Third class general activity room (Mauretania)

Verandah café (Mauretania)

Mauretania under construction

The gentleman in uniform is Mauretania’s first chief engineer, John Currie

If interest, Historic ships & shipping @ flickr

Dissimilar destiny for RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania:

RMS Mauretania


RMS Lusitania