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Flight of locks on the Saima Canal, Finland, c1900. Artist: Unknown

Flight of locks on the Saima Canal, Finland, c1900. Artist: Unknown

1-158-538 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Flight of locks on the Saima Canal, Finland, c1900. A ship is descending the flight. On the left is a typical boatman. This canal, completed in 1856, linked Saima Lake to the Gulf of Finland. The chief engineer on the canal was Nils Ericsson (1802-1860), brother of the Swedish-born American inventor John Ericsson (1803-1889). Liebig trade card c1900.

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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
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  1. John Ericsson: Swedish: Inventor, engineer, designer
  2. Nils Ericsson: Swedish: Civil engineer
Medium
  1. Chromolithograph
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World Europe Finland

  1. 64 00 00 N , 026 00 00 E
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5181x3371
File Size : 51,168kb

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  1. 7961
  1. 0460001116
  1. 1-158-538
  1. 1116
  1. 1158538
  1. 7961
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