Picture A Day - Day 5 part one

RocketMan

DAY FIVE

These are shots taken in early AM of the last of four Tidal Locks that formed the terminus of the Alexandria Canal that ran between Old Town and Georgetown a little ways upriver. The lock was unearthed in the mid 1980’s and this recreation was constructed in its original location. In total the four locks lowered the canal to the level of the Potomac. Back in its day Alexandria was the main shipping port for the DC area and the canal carried the shipping cargo upriver and across to DC. The route it followed ran parallel to what is now the George Washington Parkway along the Potomac river on the Virginia side and was connected to the C&O Canal in Georgetown via a aqueduct that crossed the Potomac at the western edge of Georgetown. In fact a section of the old aqueduct is still in existence and can be seen from Key Bridge or by walking along the canal directly below it.

This will become part of a series I’m planning on doing about the various canals that used exist in and around Washington, DC.

I’ll be taking pictures of that soon along with the old Lockkeepers house at 17th and Constitution Ave, that at one point in the early history of Washington was actually a canal itself until it was filled in and became the Avenue it is today.



The second one is a shot looking along a river walk next to the restored lock. The double image was an attempt to add depth to the scene, not really sure it works or not, but this whole picture a day exersize is to learn and experiment, so anything goes, right?:D



coming up, in part 2 of day 5, a visit with Frank Lloyd Wright and one of his Usonian Houses.

Stay tuned!

RM

Skippy

RocketMan wrote:

DAY FIVE

These are shots taken in early AM of the last of four Tidal Locks that formed the terminus of the Alexandria Canal that ran between Old Town and Georgetown a little ways upriver. The lock was unearthed in the mid 1980’s and this recreation was constructed in its original location. In total the four locks lowered the canal to the level of the Potomac. Back in its day Alexandria was the main shipping port for the DC area and the canal carried the shipping cargo upriver and across to DC. The route it followed ran parallel to what is now the George Washington Parkway along the Potomac river on the Virginia side and was connected to the C&O Canal in Georgetown via a aqueduct that crossed the Potomac at the western edge of Georgetown. In fact a section of the old aqueduct is still in existence and can be seen from Key Bridge or by walking along the canal directly below it.
This will become part of a series I’m planning on doing about the various canals that used exist in and around Washington, DC.
I’ll be taking pictures of that soon along with the old Lockkeepers house at 17th and Constitution Ave, that at one point in the early history of Washington was actually a canal itself until it was filled in and became the Avenue it is today.
The second one is a shot looking along a river walk next to the restored lock. The double image was an attempt to add depth to the scene, not really sure it works or not, but this whole picture a day exersize is to learn and experiment, so anything goes, right?:D
coming up, in part 2 of day 5, a visit with Frank Lloyd Wright and one of his Usonian Houses.
Stay tuned!
RM

What an informative Post RocketMan, looks like you having a good time, and best of all your actually retaining all the information, unlike me who often hasn't got a clue where I was when I took a shot

I like night shots, thank you for sharing your travels ....... Skippy

Awais Yaqub

nice photos and thread