Sluice Collection (#3)

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

GOLD MINING, c1866. Placer mining / panning out. Photograph by Lawrence & Houseworth
GOLD MINING, c1866. Placer mining/panning out. Photograph by Lawrence & Houseworth, c1866, at Tuolumne County, California

CALIFORNIA: GOLD MINERS. Gold miners washing gold in the Yuba River in California. Wood engraving, English, 1853

CALIFORNIA: GOLD MINERS. Gold-washing in California. Miners panning and sluicing for gold in a stream in California. Wood engraving, late 19th century

NOME GOLD RUSH, c1899. Prospectors panning the sand for gold on the beach of the Bering Strait at Nome, Alaska, c1899

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, 1853. Washing Gold, Calaveras, California. Gouache painting by an unknown artist, 1853

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, 1852. A black miner prospecting in Auburn ravine during the California Gold Rush, 1852

Boatlift on the old Canal du Centre in Thieu
Boat lift no. 4 on the old Canal du Centre in Thieu, Belgium. The four hydraulic lifts of the Historic Canal du Centre form some of the highest quality industrial monuments

Luxembourg City, Grund, bridge over the Alzette River. This view has hardly changed to the present day. Date: circa 1910

Looking west towards Bittern Hide over reeds and a dyke. Also digger used for maintaining the marshland habitat

Metal pilings being fitting to make a sluice gate to retain water at Deepdale Marsh, Burnham Deepdale, North Norfolk

Sluice gate used to controle water levels at Deepdale marsh Norfolk

Carthusian monks netting and hooking fish in monastery fishponds, Chartreuse, founded by St Bruno of Cologne (11th century). Detail from Les Belles Heures du duc Jean de Berry. 15th century

2013 repair work to Minsmere River Tidal Sluice, which collects water from three channels before discharging the flow into the sea, between Dunwich and Sizewell

North wall water control sluice gates at RSPB Minsmere Suffolk, looking north to Dunwich

The Sluice gates on the River Chelmer at Chelmsford Essex

Sluice gates on river, River Aare, Interlaken, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, August

Seaton Sluice and Bridge. Date: 1907

GOLD DIGGERs SONG. Engraved sheet music cover, American, c1853

CALIFORNIA: GOLD MINERS. Gold Washing in California. Miners panning for gold in a stream in California. Wood engraving, late 19th century

COLORADO: GOLD MINING, 1859. Gold prospectors mining for gold in Gregory Gulch, Central City, Colorado. Wood engraving, American, 1859

CALIFORNIA: MINING, 1883. Three miners working at a wooden sluice used in the process of hydraulic gold mining in California. Wood engraving by Henry Sandham, 1883

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. Ocean beach mining, at Gold Bluff. Wood engraving, 1860

GOLD MINING, 1860. Gold miners using a flutter wheel on the Tuolumne River in California. Wood engraving, American, 1860

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. Washing with the long tom. Wood engraving, 1860

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. Miners washing their gold earth through the long tom - A scene near Sacramento, California. Wood engraving, American, 1862

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. California miners working the long tom. Wood engraving, 1852

NEW ZEALAND: GOLD MINING. Discovery of gold near the source of the Kapanga stream, about 40 miles from Auckland, New Zealand. Wood engraving, English, 1853

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. Flume, on the Shady Creek Canal. Wood engraving, 1860

NEVADA: GOLD MINING. Hydraulic mining, at French Corral, Nevada. Wood engraving, mid 19th century

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, 1860. Ground sluicing opertions at Gold Hill, California. Wood engraving, American, 1860

SLUICE IN CHINA, 1800. A sluice on a canal in China. Lithograph after an engraving, 1800, by William Alexander

The great sluice, Amsterdam, Holland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Irrigation channel flows from sluice gate to bring water to rice paddy fields, southern Spain

Sluice gate in reedbed dyke, Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk, England, november

Hydroelectric power station, Russia. Discharge sluice for a hydroelectric power station. This area is used to discharge excess water during times of high rainfall, to ease pressure on the dam

Neryungri hydroelectric dam, Russia
Neryungri hydroelectric dam, discharge sluice. This area is used to discharge excess water during times of high rainfall, to ease pressure on the dam

Metalworks foundry worker wearing protective clothing as he opens a cover to allow molten metal to flow from a smelter into a sluice

Tourists on a flood barrier, Netherlands
Tourists on a flood barrier in Zeeland, Netherlands. This is part of the Deltaworks, which consists of dams, sluices, locks, dikes, and storm surge barriers

Hydroelectric power station, Wales
Hydroelectric power station. This is the Dinorwig pumped-storage hydroelectric power station near Llanberis, Wales. The actual turbines generating electricity are inside the mountain

KOREAN WAR: ARTILLERY. An American 155mm Long Tom self-propelled cannon joins Allied artillery on Koreas east-central front, 19 May 1951

Gatun Spillway
The four sluice gates of Gatun spillway in the act of discharging - a striking spectacle which attracts the locals

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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.