Obvodny Canal

Obvodny Canal
Origin	Neva (59°55′11″N 30°23′55″E / 59.9198°N 30.3985°E / 59.9198; 30.3985)
Mouth	Ekaterinhofka (59°54′33″N 30°15′38″E / 59.9093°N 30.2606°E / 59.9093; 30.2606)
Basin countries	Russia
Length	8.08 km

Obvodny Canal (Russian: Обводный канал, lit. Bypass Canal) is the longest canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which in the 19th century served as the southern limit of the city. It is 8 km long and flows from the Neva River near Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Yekaterinhofka not far from the sea port. The canal was dug in 1769-1780 and 1805-1833. By the late 19th century with the Industrial Revolution it had effectively become a sewer collecting wastewater of adjacent industrial enterprises. Eventually the canal became shallow and now is not navigable anymore. The banks of the canal are lined with granite.

Water system of Ligovsky Canal

Legend Dudergofskoye lake Dudergofka River 1718-1721 To Moskovskoye s. Three highways interchange Ring Road To Bronka Three highways interchange Dachnaya street Three highways interchange Diameter To sea port terminal To Predportovaya To Ulyanka, Ligovo To Predportovaya To Leninsky Prospekt To Predportovaya To Leninsky Prospekt To Konstitutsii square Leninsky Pr. To Leninsky Metro Krasnenkaya River To Konstitutsii square Krasnoputilovskaya To Avtovo Moscow Gate Square Moskovsky Prospekt Tsarskoselskaya Railway Kubinskaya Street ObvodnyY. V. Aqueduct Aviatorov Pound Znamenskya Square Nevsky Prospekt Pounds Fontanka River Panteleymonovsky Aqueduct Fountains of Summer garden Pounds in Tauride garden Steam pump Water inlet 1720s Neva River Moyka River

External links

• Obvodny Canal @ Encyclopaedia of Saint Petersburg

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v t e Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (1786 - 1838) Construction Demidov Bridge First Engineer Bridge Obvodny Canal Novo-kamenniy Bridge project in 1814, constructed in 1816 - 1821 Merit The director of Institute of means of communication Lieutenant general

v t e Rivers and canals of Saint Petersburg Admiralteysky Canal Admiralteysky Rov Bezymyanny ruchey Bobilka Bumazhny Canal Chyornaya, Lakhta Chyornaya, Serovo Chyornaya, Sestroretsk Chyornaya Rechka Dachnaya Dudergofka Dudergofsky Canal Yekateringofka Yemelyanovka Fontanka Frantsuzsky Kovsh Galernaya Gavan Gorely Ruchey Glukharka River Griboyedov Canal Ivanovka Izhora Bolshaya Izhorka Yuntolovka Kamenka Karpovka Kovsh Novoy Gollandii Krasnenkaya Kanal kreposti Sankt-Peterburg † Krestovka Kronverksky Canal Kronverksky Strait Kryukov Canal Lapka Lebyazhya kanavka Ligovsky Canal Ligovsky Pond Lubya Matisov Canal Moyka Monastyrka Morskoy Canal Murzinka Murinsky ruchey Neva Bolshaya Neva Malaya Neva Bolshaya Nevka Srednyaya Nevka Malaya Nevka Nagorny Canal Novaya Novo-Admiralteysky Canal Obvodny Canal Okkervil Okhta Pryazhka Salnobuyansky Canal Seldyanoy Canal † Sestra Shkipersky Canal Slavyanka Smolenka Spartak Starozhilovka Tarakanovka Utka Vvedensky Canal † Volkovka River Volkovsky Canal Voskresensky Canal Zhdanovka Winter Canal