Borki Lock

Borki Lock

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)
Coordinates	53°45′18″N 22°54′54″E / 53.755095°N 22.915075°E / 53.755095; 22.915075Coordinates: 53°45′18″N 22°54′54″E / 53.755095°N 22.915075°E / 53.755095; 22.915075

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.

• Location: 19.25 kilometer
• Level difference: 2.89 m
• Length: 44.0 m
• Width: 6.10 m
• Gates: Metal
• Years Constructed: 1835-1836, rebuilt 1948
• Project manager: Eng. Wojciech Korczakowski

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Borki Lock.

• "opracowanie nt kanału Augustowskiego znajdujące się na stronach Regionalnego Zarządu Gospodarki Wodnej w Warszawie" (PDF) (in Polish). 
• Batura, Irena. (1997). Po ziemi augustowskiej : przewodnik dla turysty i wczasowicza (in Polish). Suwałki: Wydawnictwo Hańcza. ISBN 978-83-904804-9-7. 
• "Kanał Augustowski" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2010.