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Swoboda Lock

Coordinates: 53°52′00″N 23°08′42″E / 53.866653°N 23.1451°E / 53.866653; 23.1451
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Swoboda Lock
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53°52′00″N 23°08′42″E / 53.866653°N 23.1451°E / 53.866653; 23.1451
WaterwayAugustów Canal
Country Poland
StatePodlaskie
CountyAugustów
Maintained byRZGW
OperationManual
First built1826-1827
Latest builtrebuilt 1960's
Length45.77 m (150.2 ft)
Width5.95 m (19.5 ft)
Fall1.7 m (5.6 ft)
Distance to
Biebrza River
47.7 km (29.6 mi)
Distance to
Niemen River
53.5 km (33.2 mi)

Swoboda Lock is the seventh lock on the Augustów Canal (from the Biebrza). It is situated amidst the Augustów Forest near Lake Studzieniczne. Built between 1826 and 1827 by Lt.-Col. Eng. Jan Paweł Lelewel. In the 1960s has undergone modernization involving the replacement of original wooden gates with metal crank-driven mechanism raised, reinforced concrete bridge was built a distinctive and concreting awanportu. New system to move the gates did not work and was later by one of the membranes removed, and replaced the original system of drawbars.

  • Location: 47.4 km channel
  • Level difference: 1.7 m
  • Length: 45.77 m
  • Width: 5.95 m
  • Gates: metal
  • Year of construction: 1826–1827
  • Construction Manager: Lt.-Col. Eng. John Paul Lelewel

References

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  • "opracowanie nt kanału Augustowskiego znajdujące się na stronach Regionalnego Zarządu Gospodarki Wodnej w Warszawie" (PDF) (in Polish).
  • 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). Retrieved 4 January 2010.
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