Dębowo Lock

Dębowo Lock

Lock
Waterway Augustów Canal
Country  Poland
State Podlaskie
County Augustów
Maintained by RZGW
Operation Manual
First built 1826-1827
Latest built rebuilt 1946
rebuilt 1997-2003
Length 43.9 m (144.0 ft)
Width 6.1 m (20.0 ft)
Fall 2.07 m (6.8 ft)
Distance to
Biebrza River		 0.35 km (0.2 mi)
Distance to
Niemen River		 100.85 km (62.7 mi)
Coordinates 53°36′36″N 22°55′48″E / 53.609978°N 22.930051°E / 53.609978; 22.930051Coordinates: 53°36′36″N 22°55′48″E / 53.609978°N 22.930051°E / 53.609978; 22.930051
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Dębowo Lock - the first lock on the Augustów Canal (from the Biebrza) near the village of Dębowo in the administrative district of Gmina Sztabin, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Sztabin, 27 km (17 mi) south of Augustów, and 58 km (36 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

As part of the Augustów Canal the lock was the first waterway (Summit level canal) in Central Europe to provide a direct link between the two major rivers, Vistula River and the Neman River, and it provided a link with the Black Sea to the south through the Oginski Canal, Dnieper River, Berezina Canal and Dvina River. It is currently a conservation protection zone proposed by Poland for inscription onto the World Heritage List of UNESCO.[2]

single-chamber, - concrete brick. From the devastation of war was renovated in 1946, and in the years 1997-2003 were subjected to a thorough renovation. Difference of 3.11 m. The water level lockable wooden door.

Cell dimensions 43.56 x 6.04 m. Hand drive. In the vicinity of the sluice and weir valvular vent used to propel a small hydropower plant. Part of the team locks are buildings from the early twentieth century lock

Upstream Augustów Canal
Navigation		 Downstream
Sosnowo Lock
12.85 km (8.0 mi)		 Dębowo Lock Biebrza River
0.35 km (0.2 mi)

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Tentative list of Polish submissions to UNESCO
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