Göta Canal

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Two trough bridges

Baltic Sea 0 m - 91.8 m Viken,

Viken 91.8 m - 43.8 m Vänern

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The Göta Canal ( in Swedish Göta kanal ) is a waterway by the Swedish part of the country Götaland.

The channel has a length of 190.5 km, of which 87.3 km long was dug actual channel path between the five connected lakes of 58,000 Swedish soldiers by hand. Together with the Trollhättan Canal and the Göta älv forms the Göta Canal, a 390 km long waterway across Sweden, which overcomes a difference in altitude of 91.5 m.

Passage

The channel passes 58 locks, 50 bridges, two trough bridges and five lakes and may be used by vessels up to 30 m long, 7 m wide, 22 m height be traveled over the water and 2.82 m depth. In his course of Asplången, Roxen, Boren, Vättern and the Viken are involved.

History

Permission to build the canal received the Gota Canal Company, headed by Baltzar von Platen on 11 April 1810 was then started on May 24 with the construction, which lasted until 1832. It was thought that ships were able to drive on the way from the Kattegat to the Baltic Sea through Sweden, instead of by the Sound. So the ships saved the Sundzoll to Denmark. The canal was opened on 26 September 1832 a few decades before the introduction of the railway. This he achieved no decisive economic importance. Today it is a tourist attraction. It is open from May 1 to September 27.

The Göta Canal was started in 1998 by the American Society of Civil Engineers in the List of International Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks.

Traffic

On the canal operate recreational boats and canal boats. Among the most famous canal ships include Juno, Diana and Wilhelm Tham. The Juno in 1874 handed over to the service, making it one of the oldest standing in the service of passenger ships in the world.

Locks (58)

Marinas

In addition to the docks and mooring of the ships there are also a number of marinas.