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CHANNEL OF ELBLĄG (KANAL OSTRODZKO-ELBLASKI)

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Elblag, Poland
2024
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• 2024

Built in 1860, it is used primarily for the carriage of goods (mainly wood) and then for tourism since 1912, with the arrival of railway transport. It connects Elbląg to Ostróda and is the longest canal in Poland (80 km). It has unique technical facilities in the world on the crossing of 99,60 m of the canal: instead of the usual locks, a system of five ramps makes it possible to lift the boats and shoot them on the ground, using train trucks.

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Le canal d'Elbląg est un système d'eau unique reliant plusieurs lacs de la Mazurie occidentale à la lagune de la Vistule.
Surmonte une différence de cent mètres de niveau d'eau en utilisant un système de sas et des cales.
Ces derniers sont des appareils de levage de rail entraînés mécaniquement par la force du flux d’eau.
Ce monument d'art hydrotechnique de classe mondiale a été conçu par l'ingénieur Georg Jacob Steenke.
La construction a commencé le 28 octobre 1844.
Le premier navire a traversé le canal le 31 août 1860 (section Ostróda - Miłomłyn).
Le canal fut officiellement ouvert au printemps 1862. Entre 1872 et 1876, trois autres écluses furent ouvertes: Miłomłyn, Zielona et Mała Rus.
La dernière cale Całuny (située le plus près du lac Drużno) a été construite en 1874-1881.
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