The floodgate at the third versta from the town of…

Sergey Prokudin-gorsky • 1909 • Volga, Volga-Baltic Waterway, Shlissel Burg

The floodgate at the third versta from the town of Shlisselburg, Volga, Volga-Baltic Waterway, Shlissel Burg, 1909

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The floodgate at the third versta from the town of Shlisselburg — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1909 (Volga, Volga-Baltic Waterway, Shlissel Burg).

Subjects: bridges, canal boats, volga-baltic waterway, waterways, shlissel burg.

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