Venice is my favorite place in Italy, and I had the unforgettable experience of gliding through the canals on the city’s most famous form of transport
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Gondola Through Venice
Month: March 2015
Whose water is it, anyway? Alabama’s? Florida’s? Or Georgia’s?
Whenever a dispute arises between or among the States of the United States of America, the U. S. Constitution provides that original jurisdiction lies in the Supreme Court. In simple terms, whenever a dispute arises between or among the States, a State must file its lawsuit exclusively in the Supreme Court and not in any [...]
Troubled Waters
Polish Waters
Poland’s inland waterways are underexploited and underdeveloped. They barely account for 0.2% of the country’s total inland transport. In comparison, the proportion is 17% in Germany. The global trend is to promote water transport. Meanwhile, only 10% of Polish waterways have the operability parameters required by the 2002 resolution on the classification of inland waterways. Although the authorities admit that Poland needs to do a great deal in this area, two ministries seem to be acting at cross-purposes. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Development intends to allocate PLN 4 billion to enhance the navigability of Polish rivers. The plans may, however, be thwarted by the Environment Ministry whose draft water bill envisages a considerable rise in charges for water transport of goods and passengers as well as for the use of sluices. As a result, river transport might prove significantly more expensive than that by motorway. The ministry…
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Florida dams, reservoirs, and similar water basins and catchments
Azalea
The Masters. 16th hole. I couldn't resist republishing this beautiful Azalea. Watercolor? I leave that decision to my readers.
Federal law requires the Secretary of Army to inspect the Intracoastal
Federal law requires the Secretary of the Army to make a physical inspection of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at least annually and report his or her findings to Congress. The author has attended at least six inspections of the Florida portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. One of the more esoteric briefings was the replacement [...]
Major cities and towns of the East Coast of Florida
MAP OF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA
Commercial Acetylene Gas Generator, ca. 1905
In the short period of time between kerosene or oil lamps and electricity, many cities, towns, and villages, hotels and businesses throughout America relied upon the often dangerous acetylene gas generator. Such also was the case for canal dredges and excavators running day and night, twenty-four hours a day. The generators mixed calcium carbide and [...]
Ireland’s Seven Great Canals and a Network of Smaller Inland Waterways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1GmJ2SIbDc The Great Irish Waterway Renaissance parallels the tremendous interest in and expansion of the inland waterway of America, beginning with the building of the Erie Canal from 1817-1825 in New York,creating a direct link between New York City and the Great Lakes. While the railroad rendered obsolete the inland waterways in America for the [...]
Florida’s Big Dig 