Sailing Ships - Moscow Canal Lock
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NevaP
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This huge model of a sailing ship decorates a lock tower on the Moscow Canal
Waymark Code: WM2XE5
Location: Russia
Date Posted: 01/05/2008
Views: 48
The locks on the Moscow Canal, which connects the city of Moscow with the Volga river, have large towers housing the machinery. These are uniquely decorated. Lock #3, about 38 miles downstream from the city has two huge copper sculptures of sailing ships on the downstream towers.
We were told these are the Santa Maria, the ship in which Columbus reached North America. The connection to a Russian canal is tenuous but perhaps it's meant to contrast earlier transportation with modern technology.
Placement Date: 1937
Type of Object: Sailing Ship
Location: Downstream Lock tower, Lock #3, Moscow Canal
Material: Copper
Title: Not listed
Artist: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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