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The Opening of the Baltic Canal: map and section of the canal, 1895. Creator: George Philip & Son Ltd.

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The Opening of the Baltic Canal: map and section of the canal, 1895. North Sea and Baltic Canal, showing ship canal, Eider Canal, railways, roads, ferries and sidings. Inset map shows Denmark, Sweden, and Germany, with the ports of Copenhagen, Kiel, and Hamburg. Illustration from a '...Supplement commemorative of the opening of the Baltic [or Kiel] Canal'. The 98-kilometer-long (61 mile) freshwater canal links the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. It runs through the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, from Brunsbüttel, at the mouth of the Elbe, to Holtenau, on the Kiel Fjord. It was constructed between 1887 and 1895. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM26A09_105

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23.0Mo (886.2Ko) / 30.1cm x 19.1cm / 3558 x 2255 (300dpi)

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transport transportation Germany sea technology opening German engineering industry country British geography industrial canal location century Britain newspapers press North Sea civil engineering B&W schleswig-holstein shipping Industry Construction Industry 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W Baltic Sea nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper map George Philip & Son Ltd George Philip & Son Philip George & Son Ltd 19th-century The Illustrated London News maritime canal Baltic Canal Kaiser Wilhelm Canal Kiel Canal G. Philip & Son Philip G. & Son