Swoboda Lock is the seventh lock on the
Augustów Canal
be, Аўгустоўскі канал
, image = Bulwar w Augustowie.JPG
, image_caption = Augustów Canal in Augustów
, original_owner =
, engineer = Ignacy Prądzyński
, other_engineer = Jan Chrzciciel de Grandvill ...
(from the Biebrza). It is situated amidst the
Augustów Forest
Augustów (; lt, Augustavas, formerly known in English as ''Augustovo'' or ''Augustowo'')" is a city in north-eastern Poland with 29,729 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is situated in the ...
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
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19th-century establishments in Poland
Swoboda