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Dambrowka Lock

Coordinates: 53°51′46″N 23°37′25″E / 53.862862°N 23.623599°E / 53.862862; 23.623599
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Dambrowka Lock
Dambrowka Lock
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53°51′46″N 23°37′25″E / 53.862862°N 23.623599°E / 53.862862; 23.623599
WaterwayAugustów Canal
Country Belarus
StateHrodna Voblast
CountyHrodna District
OperationManual
First built1829
Latest builtrebuilt 2005-2006
Length43.9 m (144.0 ft)
Width6.10 m (20.0 ft)
Fall3.04 m (10.0 ft)
Distance to
Biebrza River
85.00 km (52.8 mi)
Distance to
Niemen River
16.2 km (10.1 mi)

Dambrowka Lock (Belarusian: Шлюз «Дамброўка»), Dąbrówka Lock (Polish: Śluza Dąbrówka) - Seventeenth lock on the Augustów Canal (from the Biebrza). Built in 1829 by George Arnold. The second of the three locks lying on the territory of Belarus. It was renovated in the years 2005 - 2006 and functions as a shipping facility.

  • Location: 91.5 km channel
  • Level difference: 3.04 m
  • Length: 43.9 m
  • Width: 6.10 m
  • Gates: Wooden
  • Year built: 1829
  • Construction Manager: Jerzy Arnold

References

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  • "opracowanie nt kanału Augustowskiego znajdujące się na stronach Regionalnego Zarządu Gospodarki Wodnej w Warszawie" (PDF) (in Polish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  • 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). Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
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