Oder–Havel Canal
Oder-Havel Canal near Eberswalde
The Oder–Havel Canal is a German canal built between 1908 and 1914, originally known as the Hohenzollern Canal. Together with Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler Wasserstraße, the Oderhaltung and the Schwedter Querfahrt it forms the Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße. It runs from the town of Cedynia near the city of Szczecin on the Oder River between Germany and Poland to the Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, near Berlin. It is 82.8 kilometres (51.4 mi) long, and 33 metres (36 yd) wide.
In 1934 a ship lift was built on the canal, near Niederfinow.[1] It vertical lift was 16.9 metres (55 ft). The dimensions of the caisson are 85 x 12 x 2.5 m. It could lift vessels of up to 1000 tonnes displacement.
References
- ↑ Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses. (1989). Ship lifts: report of a Study Commission within the framework of Permanent ... PIANC. ISBN 978-2-87223-006-8. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
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- Federal Statistical Office, Germany list of Navigable canals of over 80 km of length - has some basic facts about the Oder–Havel Canal.
Coordinates: 52°52′N 14°02′E / 52.867°N 14.033°E
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