Water transport infrastructure

thumb|The Alter Strom, in the sea resort of Warnemünde, Germany thumb|The Royal Canal in Ireland thumb|Small boat canals such as the Basingstoke Canal fuelled the Industrial Revolution in much of [[Europe and the United States.]] thumb|right|Bridge on the Naviglio Grande, in the town of [[Cassinetta di Lugagnano, in Italy]] thumb|Canal in Broek in Waterland, Netherlands thumb|Canal in Venice

crossing in a river

fall structure with a fixed chamber in which the water level changes

thumb|right|300px|Tokyo floodgates created to protect from [[typhoon surges]]

thumb|right|A towpath in use on the Finow Canal in Germany thumb|People towing a vessel in the Netherlands in 1931 thumb|Mules pulling a boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal thumb|A roving bridge on the English [[Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The towpath changes to the other side of the canal but the horse does not have to be unhitched.]] thumb|A towpath cut into the rock beside the Lot (river)|Lot river in southwest France thumb|"Towboats Along the Yotsugi-dōri Canal" from Hiroshige's "[[One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" series, a depiction of a towpath in rural Tokyo, mid-19th cent

thumb|right|A sluice gate

location at sea where ships can lower anchors

specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the protected area behind the barrier

Gracht (; plural: grachten) is a Dutch word for a canal within a city. Often, Grachten encircle city centres in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern Germany. Outside the Netherlands, the word grachten mostly refers to the city canals of Amsterdam (for which it is well known) and also Utrecht, Leiden and The Hague. The Koninginnegracht in The Hague was conceived by King Willem I for the promotion of tourism in the early 19th century. Since 2009 the Willemsvaart once more offers tours over this gracht, to Scheveningen, known as "StrandRelax" or "BeachRelax", a unique stretch of sand between Th

post on a ship or quay used principally for mooring boats

bridge for transporting water

offshore mooring buoy with connections for loading or unloading tankers

tunnel for a canal

building in Shanghai, China

thumb|Krabbersgat naviduct, near Enkhuizen, Netherlands (Photo: Rijkswaterstaat) thumb|Naviduct control tower

monorail system designed by Jean Larmanjat

thumb|A traditional wood-and-straw cavana in the Venetian Lagoon photographed by [[Paolo Monti in 1955.]]