Boat traffic on a busy canal in Saigon, Vietnam.

Boat traffic on a busy canal in Saigon, Vietnam. The boats are all of wooden construction with joggled strakes and are of the residential and cargo carrying type. The canal is actually blocked with boats. The buildings on either side of the canal have shops at ground floor level and are of brick or rendered construction. A modernisitic footbridge with single span arch supports is in the background. Negative number P94710 was taken at the same location and time.

Object Details

ID: P94705
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 160 mm