Valkushyk Lock Explained

Lock Name:Valkushyk Lock
Waterway:Augustów Canal
State:Hrodna Voblast
County:Hrodna District
Operation:Manual
First:1829
Latest:rebuilt 2005-2006
Length:441NaN1
Width:5.91NaN1
Fall:4.331NaN1
Enda:Biebrza River
Distenda:851NaN1
Endb:Niemen River
Distendb:16.21NaN1

Valkushyk Lock (Belarusian: Шлюз «Валкушык»), Wołkuszek Lock (Polish: Śluza Wołkuszek) is the sixteenth lock on the Augustów Canal (starting from the Biebrza). It was built in 1829 by Wojciech Korczakowski in the Wołkuszanki estuary. It is the first of three locks situated on Belarusian territory (at a distance of 1600 meters from the Polish border). In 2005–2006 it was rebuilt by the Belarusian government.

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