The Port of Vienna (Wiener Hafen) 2012-01-24 Another view of 'the non-historical Vienna'. About half way between the North Sea and the Black Sea, the port handles about 1700 vessels annually, transferring oil products, grains, building materials between the ships and trains and trucks. Business has been booming in the last decade. The port is slightly down-river from the center of town. The structure in the foreground is a traditional private fishing hut - floating on the water, but moored more or less permanently. Thanks for your comments on my sunset shot. Much appreciated.
Royal Lions guard the canal I haven't posted here (or much of anywhere) for several weeks, and am now trying to get that old enthusiasm back. At any rate, I like this shot. In the 1890s, when flood control gates were added to the Danube Canal, the architect (Otto Wagner) conceived of the beginning of the Danube Canal as a watery entrance to the city, so he designed a grand portal, with lions on pylons. They were finished in 1898 and still stand guard. [and there is still something wrong technically with the perspective. I've checked the angles, but the foreground pylon still looks a bit off kilter. The plyon walls are not vertical, but in reality slope inward.]
![Royal Lions guard the canal
I haven't posted here (or much of anywhere) for several weeks, and am now trying to get that old enthusiasm back. At any rate, I like this shot. In the 1890s, when flood control gates were added to the Danube Canal, the architect (Otto Wagner) conceived of the beginning of the Danube Canal as a watery entrance to the city, so he designed a grand portal, with lions on pylons. They were finished in 1898 and still stand guard.
[and there is still something wrong technically with the perspective. I've checked the angles, but the foreground pylon still looks a bit off kilter. The plyon walls are not vertical, but in reality slope inward.]](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XtWC6B5/0/L/i-XtWC6B5-L.jpg)