Swoboda Lock
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
| Swoboda Lock | |
|---|---|
 Lock | |
| 53°52′00″N 23°08′42″E | |
| Waterway | Augustów Canal |
| Country |  Poland |
| State | Podlaskie |
| County | Augustów |
| Maintained by | RZGW |
| Operation | Manual |
| First built | 1826-1827 |
| Latest built | rebuilt 1960's |
| Length | 45.77 m (150.2 ft) |
| Width | 5.95 m (19.5 ft) |
| Fall | 1.7 m (5.6 ft) |
| Distance to Biebrza River | 47.7 km (29.6 mi) |
| Distance to Niemen River | 53.5 km (33.2 mi) |
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Swoboda Lock.
- "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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