Canal Headgates

by Kay Lovingood

Title

Canal Headgates

Artist

Kay Lovingood

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Photograph - Photograph

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In this monochrome photo, a wooden building spans the head waters of a canal. Its walls are made of lumber which stands on end, each piece beside the next. Doors and windows are shuttered. If there ever was paint, it has worn away through years of withstanding the weather. The gears that work to open and close the locks of the canal are inside of the structure, under a corrugated tin roof. A walkway allows visitors to cross the roiling waters below. Stone pilings support the architecture and allow water to flow between them.

Walls made of river stone line the banks of the canal itself, protecting them from the riot of rolling water that passes between them. Overhead, a cloudless sky implies a calmness that belies the rushing water below.

This canal, the Augusta Canal, was built along the Savannah River in the area of Augusta, GA in the early to mid 1800s. Although not the oldest portion of it, the structure in this photo dates to 1875.

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May 31st, 2013

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