Motala

Berg Borenshult Carl Johan Motala Söderköping Trollhättan Vadstena

Motala

 

fountain on the lake front of Motala

 

Motala

 

headquarters of the Göta Canal
(where the planning and implementation of the canal was conducted)

 

in the evening sunlight
(large building in the background is an auto museum)

 

Rolles Royce

 

"Cabin Scooter"
by Messerschmitt

 

manikin telephone operator

 

Motala church

 

 

 

dragon on the dock

 

pick your choice of ice cream

 

railroad bridge

 

abandoned rail bridge

 

works where the m/s Juno was constructed

 

now a warehouse

 

past the grave site of Baltzar von Platen
inspiration and implementer of the Göta Canal
buried in 1830

"by the waves he himself had mastered,
on the shore he had created"

- Esaias Tegnér, Swedish Poet

 

leaving in the early light

Return to Göta Canal page


Berg Borenshult Carl Johan Motala Söderköping Trollhättan Vadstena

Birka Elderhostel Göta Canal Gothenburg Stockholm

World Heritage Mosaics Roman World Africa Antarctica Asia Atlantic Islands Australia Caribbean Central America Europe Indian Ocean Middle East North America Pacific Islands South America The Traveler Recent Adventures Adventure Travel

 

People and Places