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Flooding at the Canal Lock in Gorinchem, 1820
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Flooding at the Canal Lock in Gorinchem, 1820

Willem van Senus · 1820 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Water breaks through the canal lock in the Linge at Gorinchem during the flood of 26 January 1820. On the right, people are fleeing; in the background, the city with the Waterpoort on the right. Part of a group of illustrations from a book about the flood of 1820.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOverstroming bij de Kanaalsluis te Gorinchem, 1820. 1820. Willem van Senus. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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