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Newmarket ghost canal: private space
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- Uploaded on July 3, 2009
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- Camera: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. SP550UZ
- Taken on 2009/06/29 11:23:25
- Exposure: 0.003s (1/320)
- Focal Length: 9.84mm
- F/Stop: f/5.600
- ISO Speed: ISO50
- Exposure Bias: -0.70 EV
- No flash
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Marilyn Whiteley, on July 3, 2009, said:
In 1906, construction began on an extension to connect Newmarket, Ontario, to the Trent Canal System, in hopes of giving economical water access to the markets of Chicago, the western provinces, Montreal, and even Europe. Planners, however, grossly underestimated the costs and overestimated the amount of water available! Work on the canal was stopped in 1912 and never resumed.
Across the river from the end of this lock, someone has claimed some private space within public view. A sofa looks out toward the river, and a garment hangs from the branch of a dead tree.
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Bagrov Petr, on July 3, 2009, said:
Купаться в такой воде, конечно нельзя - можно не увидеть подплывающего крокодила :D
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