Sluice Collection (#2)

Boys bathing in a sluice on the Grand Union Canal, London, c1905

CALIFORNIA: GOLD RUSH. Black and white gold miners prospecting in Spanish Flat, California, 1852

Canals Canal River Rivers Device Raising Lowering
Illustration showing how canal locks work. From The Wonderland of Knowledge, published c.1930

Dark Storm Clouds Over A Village On The Coast; Seaton Sluice Northumberland England

New Haarlem Lock Singel Souvenir d Amsterdam
The New Haarlem Lock at the Singel, known as Souvenir d Amsterdam, Known as Souvenir d Amsterdam Nieuwe Haarlemse Sluis on the Singel

View lock edge village left houses next meadow
View of a lock, A lock on the edge of a village. On the left some houses next to a meadow with goats. Sluice, weir, outskirts or village (city (-scape) with figures, staffage), Johan Conrad Greive

Bridge Sluice Jacob van Ruisdael Dutch 1628 1629
Bridge with a Sluice; Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628, 1629 - 1682); about 1648 - 1649; Oil on panel; 39.7 × 56.2 cm (15 5, 8 × 22 1, 8 in.)

A Village On The Coast; Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, England

Amsterdam Brouwersgracht - Old Houses (Oude Huizen). Brouwersgracht is an Amsterdam canal that connects with the Singel canal

Windmill and sluice on the canal, Kinderdijk, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Molenwaard municipality, South Holland province, Netherlands, Europe

Historic centre of Thun with a Ferris wheel, lower lock of the Aare River, Thun, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

ALASKA GOLD RUSH, 1890s. Miners panning for gold in Alaska in the 1890s. Photograph

Using a digger for maintenance work on sluice gate at Deepdale Marsh north Norfolk

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, 1860. Gold mining with a long cradle, known as a quicksilver machine, at Mormon Gulch in Tuolomne County, California. Wood engraving, American, 1860

Sketch of a sluice, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Sketch of a sluice, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Codex Atlanticus, 33v-a. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954)

French miners working a long tom sluice, California, 19th century. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
French miners working a long tom sluice, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

Dam and Lake, Bhimtal hill station, Uttarakhand, India. Date: circa 1910

Camels crossing over Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt
Caravan of camels, other animals and their riders crossing over the bascule bridge at Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt. The Delta Barrage north of Cairo was constructed in the 19th century to improve

Sluice gates of the Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt, with people on the dam waiting to cross. The Delta Barrage was constructed in the 19th century to improve

Chauny, Aisne, France - River Oise
Chauny, France - locks and sluice valves in the River Oise, a tributary of the River Seine, with buildings ruined in wartime. 1914-1918

Peak District - Lathkill Dale from Cales Dale end showing the river in its natural beauty but also the top of two sluice gates built into the flow. Date: 1906

Beresford Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire showing a man-made waterfall with a sluice gate. Judging by the relative clarity of the waterfall. This was on a very fast exposure by the standards of 1906

Paris, France - La Samaritaine. Date: 1719

Paris, France - Canal Saint-Martin. Date: circa 1890

Sluices of Nieuport (Nieuwpoort), Belgium, WW1
Sluices of Nieuport (Nieuwpoort), Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

VIRGINIA: MILL, c1938. An old sluice mill in Albemarle County, Virginia. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c1938

Boat-lift no. 1 on the Canal du Centre, Hainaut, Belgium (Unesco world heritage)
The four hydraulic boat-lifts on a short stretch of the historic Canal du Centre are industrial monuments of the highest quality

flood gates, sluice, uk, 1848, vintage, old print, 19th century, victorian, retro
Flood gates, sluice, UK, 1848

Source Size = 3973 x 1928
The Inundations in the Fens: the Blown Sluice at the Marshland Drain, 1862

Lock, Louis Bernard Coclers, 1756 - 1817

A boy runs along the water to allow a lock, print maker: Louis Bernard Coclers, Dating 1756 - 1817

Sluis, The Netherlands, Hermanus Jan Hendrik van Rijkelijkhuysen, 1823 - 1883

Ruin and lock outside Emmerich, 1732-1736, Germany

View of Nieuwersluis, Willem Writs, 1749

Village with a lock, Jan Brueghel I, 1616-1625

Two Watermills and an Open Sluice; Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch, 1628/1629 - 1682; 1653; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 66.4 x 84.1 cm (26 1/8 x 33 1/8 in.)

ALASKA: GOLD MINE, c1898. Pumping factory for the sluicing operation at No. 1 gold mine, Daniels Creek, Bluff City, Alaska, 1898

ALASKA: GOLD MINE, c1898. Sluicing operation at No. 1 gold mine, Daniels Creek, Bluff City, Alaska, c1898

Grand Canal, Shannon Harbour, County Offaly, Leinster, Ireland, Europe

AUSTRALIA: GOLD RUSH, 1852. Zealous Gold Diggers. A family washing gold at Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Lithograph, English, 1852

AUSTRALIA: GOLD MINE, 1867. Ballarat. Freehold Mine. Sluicing Off. Victoria, Australia. Lithograph by Julius Hamel, 1867

AUSTRALIA: GOLD MINE, 1867. Western Freehold Mine. Chinese Keeping Clear the Tail Race of Sluice. Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Lithograph by Julius Hamel, 1867

KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH. Miners working at a sluice box in Alaska. Stereograph view, c1898

COLORADO: MINING, 1877. Hydraulic placer mining in Russell Gulch, Colorado. Photograph, 1877

ALASKA: SLUICING FOR GOLD. A prosepctor sluicing for gold on the coast in Alaska, c1900

ALASKA: GOLD MINING, c1900. Prospectors sluicing at Ophir Creek in central Alaska, c1900

ALASKA: GOLD MINING, c1900. Sluicing at Ophir Creek, central Alaska, c1900

ALASKA: GOLD MINING, c1898. Slucing on the beach at Bluff City, Alaska, c1898

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"From Flood Barriers to Frozen Ditches: Exploring the World of Sluices" The Netherlands is renowned for its innovative flood barriers, and sluices play a crucial role in keeping the country safe from rising waters. Pulteney Bridge over River Avon in Bath, Somerset, England showcases an elegant combination of architecture and functionality with its integrated sluice gates. At Edam, Holland, the picturesque Little Sluice stands as a testament to Dutch engineering prowess and their mastery over water management. Kinderdijk's UNESCO World Heritage Site boasts windmills alongside intricate canal systems equipped with traditional sluices – a captivating sight that transports visitors back in time. Ashurst Mill's historic sluice gate, captured in MCF01_02_1538 photograph, reminds us of the importance of these structures throughout history. Embark on a scenic bike ride through South Holland's Molenlanden municipality to witness the majestic Broekmolen windmills surrounded by charming sluices. Welney in Cambridgeshire offers more than just frozen landscapes; it also attracts skaters who glide across frozen drainage ditches transformed into icy playgrounds during winter months. Delve into Brazil's diamond mining past with coloured engravings depicting slaves diligently washing cascalho as part of the diamond extraction process in 1811 (DDE-90182235 & DDE-90182236). Adolph Menzel's artwork "Sluice" from 1885 captures both the practicality and artistic beauty found within these essential water control mechanisms. London's Copenhagen House once served as a vital location known as "the sluice house, " where water flow was regulated through an engraving that immortalizes this historical site.