Silo Canal
The Silokanal ( SiK ) in the state of Brandenburg is a section of the Federal Waterways Lower Havel - Waterway ( UHW ) for which the Water and Shipping Authority Brandenburg is responsible. He saves the commercial shipping about two kilometers driven and the passage of downtown Brandenburg on the partially narrow and winding course of the river Havel with their low bridges that are not open at any time. Equally important for the canal construction was also the safe dissipation of the floods below the barrage.
Architectural History
The route of the canal followed the 1782 invested Silograben who took south of the same name Vorwerks silo its course. In August 1907, the first work on the extension to the canal began. The puncture was made on September 30, 1910., The channel was released on November 19, 1910 after three years of construction vessel traffic. With the opening to traffic of the Silokanals the conditions for commercial shipping between the Elbe and Berlin decisive improvement. The problematic narrow and not expandable waterways thus accounted for about 36,000 barges and pushed convoys through the city of Brandenburg / Havel.
The Adam Opel AG built 1935 on the site of today's commercial area " Silokanal -Ost" (BWB concrete plants Berlin- Brandenburg), the truck plant Brandenburg, which was dismantled after the Second World War. Between 1970 and 1973, the channel has three naves by 6.5 m widened to the north, to facilitate the continuous waterway in the many transshipment points. Since this extension was already considered in the First year, the bridges did not need to be changed as part of the German Unity Transport Project No. 17 of Silokanal was expanded once more, and the bank fixed according to the latest standards. stream width is since 55 m and the water depth is 4 m. Here also the railway bridge east of the port at the former steel plant and rolling mill was renewed. during the years 2008 and 2009, the railway bridge over the former Fohrder highway was replaced by a new building at UHW 57.976 km.
The 5.25 km long Silokanal starts at UHW km 56.23 to the suburbs at the southern end of the lock Beetzsees and divides by its Molenbauten about 800 m of the south end of the lake as Little Lake Beetz significantly. It runs from east to west, north of the district of Brandenburg- old town. Are the industrial area north of the district and Gorden At its north shore. In the western part of the district of old town on the left bank of the channel of the new city port of the city of Brandenburg was built. Thereafter begins an industrial area around the site of the steel and rolling mill with the Brandenburg Museum of Industry. The former port of steel plant is used for handling scrap for electric steel plant of the Riva Group. To the west of the channel ends on Quenzsee at UHW 61.48 km, where there is a coupling point of the push boat ride. About the Quenzsee the channel is again connected with the river Havel, which flows through the Plau. The opening of the Silokanals was a major reason for the 1912 beginning settlement of the steel industry in Brandenburg / Havel.
Sporting use
In Silokanal very often Fishing Championships or other fishing events are held. Anglers prefer the channel to walleye fishing. Catches of up to 80 cm are not uncommon.