Dębowo Lock Explained

Lock Name:Dębowo Lock
Waterway:Augustów Canal
State:Podlaskie
County:Augustów
Operation:Manual
Maint:RZGW
First:1826-1827
Latest:rebuilt 1946
rebuilt 1997-2003
Length:43.91NaN1
Width:6.11NaN1
Fall:2.071NaN1
Enda:Biebrza River
Distenda:0.351NaN1
Endb:Niemen River
Distendb:100.851NaN1
Coordinates:53.61°N 22.9301°W

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 150NaN0 south-west of Sztabin, 270NaN0 south of Augustów, and 580NaN0 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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/state=pl Tentative list of Polish submissions to UNESCO