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Inland shipping on Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal, Netherlands #65590344
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Netherlands, province Gelderland, village Rijswijk [municipality Buren, region Lower Betuwe]: The Princess Marijke Locks, Marijke Lock is a lock complex in the Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal, canal. The guard lock, sluice is opened in normal water and this cargo ship can sail just underneath. The time slider is a steel construction of eighty feet and is suspended between two concrete lift towers. Behind it is a road bridge over the canal and right the pumping station. River, inland, transport,is an important Dutch economic sector. On a sunny day with tight, bright, blue sky, cloudless, sunny weather. For the skipper this work is his daily life, occupation, profession and source of income. This impressive construction is a famous landmark, and tourist attraction.