Borki Lock

Borki Lock
Waterway Augustów Canal
Country  Poland
State Podlaskie
County Augustów
Maintained by RZGW
Operation Manual
First built 1835-1836
Latest built rebuilt 1948
Length 44.0 m (144.4 ft)
Width 6.1 m (20.0 ft)
Fall 2.89 m (9.5 ft)
Distance to
Biebrza River
19.25 km (12.0 mi)
Distance to
Niemen River
81.95 km (50.9 mi)
Geographical Data

Borki Lock - the third lock on the Augustów Canal (from the Biebrza) and is located in Poland. It was completely destroyed during WW II and was rebuilt in 1948.

Rebuilt from the ground up in 1948 after the war. Concrete, single chamber. The lockable steel gates wspornymi, inflated circulation through the channels.

Manual drive. Max declined 3.19 m.

Upstream Augustów Canal
Navigation
Downstream
Białobrzegi Lock
7.85 km (4.9 mi)
Borki Lock Sosnowo Lock
6.05 km (3.8 mi)

References

This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia.