Dąbrówka Lock
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Dąbrówka Lock - 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.
Augustów Canal
The Augustów Canal is a cross-border canal built in the 19th century in the present-day Podlaskie Voivodeship of northeastern Poland and the Hrodna Voblast of north-western Belarus...
(from the Biebrza
Biebrza
Biebrza is a river in north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew river , with a length of 155 kilometres and the basin area of 7,057 km2...
). Built in 1829 by George Arnold. The second of the three locks lying on the territory of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. 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