Canal Transport History

Documentary-style black-and-white photos depicting life on water in Amsterdam, featuring boats and vehicles from historical events.

Anefo photo collection. Willem Breukers Instant Pool gives concert on boat in Amsterdam canals. August 4, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Slip party on the Haarlemmerweg in Amsterdam near Molen "De 1200 Roe". January 8, 1960. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Slip to the exits of the viaduct over the highest coat at Meppel. February 3, 1961. Meppel

Thorshavn / Faroe Islands (Denmark). Port. Tourists sitting in a rowing boat at the landing site

Anefo photo collection. High water level has set some quays. High water at Nijmegen. January 10, 1982. Nijmegen

Anefo photo collection. Marriage Lord Behrens Boat trip. July 26, 1949

State Railways, SJ Engineering Association 50 years

Poll photo collection. Reproduction photography. Copenhagen. View of the buildings along the new port with a ships in the foreground including a tour boat. undated. Denmark, Copenhagen

Anefo photo collection. Serious car accident at the smilde in Drenthe, truck in the water in the background destroyed passenger car. January 11, 1961. Drenthe, Smilde

Anefo photo collection. Pedestrian path over the river. February 2, 1954. Capelle aan den IJssel

Poll photo collection. Entry of Sinterklaas in Amsterdam. Sint-Nicolaas arrives by boat at Central Station. November 30, 1946. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Floods in Limburg, Venlo e.o.; Flood plates (with bicycles etc.). February 10, 1984. Limburg, Venlo

Anefo photo collection. Waterlogging in Groningen and Friesland. Tractor for a residential house in the water. March 5, 1979. Friesland, Groningen

At Kiruna station during the Finnish evacuation in September 1944.

Anefo photo collection. Flood railroad repair Moerdijk bridge. Remove Bilsen on crooked rails. February 19, 1953

Anefo photo collection. Smooth sailing on the Amstel. July 19, 1965

Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report on life and work on board a Rijnschip. Attaching an inland navigation vessel at Damco 230. April 1, 1955. Germany, West Germany

Anefo photo collection. Jumped main water pipe at MoSplein in Amsterdam-Noord. Traffic lines through the flooded streets. September 28, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Flooded Condell Street (probably Valparaiso Chile) ca. 1920.

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration of boats for HISWA, Amsterdam; Cabin boat. February 18, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

View of the yard of the N.S. station Maastricht in Maastricht, during high tide.

Train Road Inspectorate

Toulouse, France Lavoirs and boats along the Canal du Midi , 1920-1921 - Charente, Gironde, Basse -Pyrénées, Hautes Pyrénées - Fernand Cuville (French - Toulouse , France Lavoirs et barques le long du canal du Midi). Canal, civil engineering, boat, hydrography, street , neighborhood, washhouse, river transport , lake, bridge, Habitat , architecture, nature , environment, transport, France, Toulouse, the Canal du Midi

SkiopT icon with motifs of Tübingen on the river Neckar.The image has been stored in cardboard labeled: the journey in 1908. Tübingen 3. Horb.

Photo collection Government information service. Slide shopping streets. undated

New Hope Pennsylvania Horse Drawn Canal Boat

A rowing crew on the River Cam. Date: 1911

Tram rail on Nutrition Bridge Spårvagnsräls på Näringsbron Album med bilder erhållna som gåva av Ingvar Sjöberg, Västervik år 2000.Ingvar Sjöbergs faster var gift med Hugo Hedberg.

Flooding at Kvismaren (Northern Östergötlad Railway) Nöje Lok10 "Kimstad

Sailing boats at Redd's Pond , Lakes & ponds, Model sailboats. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Anefo photo collection. Metro in Rotterdam, the Coolsingel, in the middle the metro channel. 11 June 1963. Rotterdam, South Holland

Flooded streets in Los Angeles. Motorists splashed through foot-deep water in the city. Dec. 30, 1931.

Anefo photo collection. Floated floating container with petroleum tank in Petroleum Haven. March 1, 1961

Flooding at Mariefred's yard.

Main St. Andover , Floods, Houses, Rowboats, Streets. Lawrence

Markt Vene Satama in Helsinki Finland, Henry Pauw van Wieldrecht, 1898.

Anefo photo collection. Journey from Queen Wilhelmina by liberated southern Netherlands (Zeeland, Brabant and Limburg). Tour per Dukw amphibious vehicle by Walcheren. Sailing by initiated field towards Oostkapelle. March 1945. Oostkapelle, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. 1953 flood plates. Exclusive Tholen. February 3, 1953. Tholen, Zeeland

Flooded port station.

Anefo photo collection. Gondolas in Amsterdam canals. June 20, 1968

Boating on Central Park

Bridgeschool in Hedel. Infantreists cross the water via a floating walkway.

Poll photo collection. Amsterdam. Dredging work in the canals. January 1, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report on life and work on board a Rijnschip. Hard post on the Rhine bank has received the message. April 1, 1955. Germany, West Germany

Anefo photo collection. On homemade pedal boats in an Amsterdam canal. 16 June 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Auto to water S evening. October 5, 1956

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana gives in Rotterdam name to a lifeboat, the Java Sea, for Breskens station. 27 February 1967. Rotterdam, South Holland

Looking west on Salem St., lst 2 houses before Osgood St., N. And., boat , Floods, Houses, Rowboats . Massachusetts

British Canals in Wartime- Transport in Britain, 1944 A boatman's wife steers the 'butty', the second in the pair of canal boats operated by he husband, probably along the Grand Union Canal, her baby seated beside her. Canal boats are mostly operated in pairs, the leader being run by an engine with the second towed behind.

Anefo photo collection. Elfstedentocht per sailboat. Start from Leeuwarden. Missed sailboat. July 24, 1961. Leeuwarden

Anefo photo collection. Flooding in the Gelderse Vallei; Car driving across a road. December 11, 1965. Gelderland

144 Floods from Paris (January 1910). - Boulevard Diderot.

'Clarendon Road, Southsea, After A Thunderstorm', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

Flood damage , Floods, Buildings, Rowboats. Lawrence

Sprinkler at the spear, place de la Concorde Sprinkler at the spear, Place de la Concorde. Paris (VIIIth ARR.), Around 1900. Photography of Louis Green (1865-1924).

Cabramatta Creek in Flood. Drivers edge forward slowly as swirling floodwaters rise. February 10, 1955.

South Common looking east , Floods, Boats . Massachusetts

Anefo photo collection. Dutch street scenes. March 4, 1946

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Entry from Sint Nicolaas in Amsterdam. Arrival per tugboat. November 19, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Submarines navigating the Thames at Westminster, London, United Kingdom, photo from L'Illustration, No 3465, July 24, 1909.

Picking Up Flood-Stranded -- This rescue boat, crushing in the heart of Bradford's business district last night is about to take aboard Walter Dressler (head showing above boat rain) motorist whose car was stalled in the flood. Mayor Hugh J. Ryan estimates damage at "Close to $1,000,000." May 28, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Canal competition Amsterdam. 17 February 1956. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

At the turn of the 20th century, the vast majority of Siamese were rice farmers who lived and worked along waterways. Every household had a boat, an estimated 600,000 of which navigated the canals and rivers of Bangkok. Rowing was done from the back of the boat. Most houses were made from wood and bamboo, and were built on stilts with a ladder running to the water.

Anefo photo collection. Storm at Schiphol. Wind force 12 in Scheveningen. 12 February 1962

Photograph of Hurricane Carol lashing Rhode Island Yacht Club. Dated 1954

2. Königlich Sächsisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 22, Pontoon bridges in Germany, Elbe in Saxony, Poled boats, 1910, Landkreis Meißen, Merschwitz, 2. Königlich Sächsisches Pionier, Bataillon Nr. 22, Kriegsmäßiger Brückenschlag

Maitland High St station at top right hand cover a shell petrol storage near station. February 18, 1954.

Anefo photo collection. The blockade promotion of the inland skipers i.v.m. The cancellation of the proportional freight distribution continues. A banner on a ship at IJmuiden. August 26, 1975. IJmuiden, Noord-Holland

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