Augustów Lock

Augustów Lock

Lock
Waterway	Augustów Canal
Country	Poland
State	Podlaskie
County	Augustów
Maintained by	RZGW
Operation	Manual
First built	1825 - 1826
Latest built	rebuilt 1947-1948
Length	46.8 m (153.5 ft)
Width	6.02 m (19.8 ft)
Fall	2.44 m (8.0 ft)
Distance to Biebrza River	32.5 km (20.2 mi)
Distance to Niemen River	68.7 km (42.7 mi)
Coordinates	53°50′29″N 22°59′27″E / 53.841365°N 22.990948°E / 53.841365; 22.990948Coordinates: 53°50′29″N 22°59′27″E / 53.841365°N 22.990948°E / 53.841365; 22.990948

Augustów Lock - the fifth lock on the Augustów Canal (from the Biebrza River). It is located in Augustów, Poland near National Road No 8 and built between 1825-1826 by cf Eng. Konstanty Jodko It was blown up in 1944 by an army of the Third Reich and rebuilt in its present form by "HYDROTREST" in the years 1947-1948 Under a new projectit will use of metal gates with channels of circulation and the gate mechanisms for opening the gates i driven by cranks. The result of these upgrades is an extension of time of about 7 minutes.

• Location: 32.5 km channel
• Level difference: 2.44 m
• Length: 46.8 m
• Width: 6.02 m
• Gates: metal
• Year built: 1825-1826, rebuilt 1947-1948
• Construction Manager: cf Eng. Konstanty Jodko

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Augustów 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 83-904804-9-2.
• "Kanał Augustowski" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2010.