Floodgate and guardhouse of the M.P.S. (Ministry of…

Sergey Prokudin-gorsky • 1909 • Volga, Volga-Baltic Waterway, Kanal

Floodgate and guardhouse of the M.P.S. (Ministry of Communication and…, Volga, Volga-Baltic Waterway, Kanal, 1909

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Floodgate and guardhouse of the M.P.S. (Ministry of Communication and Transportation) at Belyie Ozerki — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1909 (Volga, Volga-Baltic Waterway, Kanal).

Subjects: volga-baltic waterway, canals, petra pervogo, kanal, guardhouses.

Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.