Luggage locks

The Halden canal near Halden, Norway begun construction in 1852. The canal allows boats to make a journey parallel to the Swedish border of 75 km from Tistedal to Skulerud. Engebret Soot (1786 - 1859) was responsible for this canal, as well as the earlier Soot Canal.

Four sets of locks control the water in the canal. From 1857 - 1860 the Strømsfoss and Ørje locks were built. There are 3 locks at Ørje, with a combined lift height of 10 meters. The lock gates are controlled by hand. In 1865 the Stenselv river portion of the canal, with locks both at Krappeto, was completed. The Brekke locks, furthest south, were finished in 1924 with four locks and a combined lift height of 26.6 m, bypassing the greatest lift of the Telemark canal. The locks in the Halden Canal can pass vessels which are 24 m in length, 6 m in beam and of 1.6 m draft.

The Oswego Canal is a canal in the New York State Canal System located in New York, United States. Opened in 1828, it is 23.7 miles (38.1 km) in length, and connects the Erie Canal at Three Rivers to Lake Ontario. The canal has a depth of 14 ft (4.2 m), with seven locks spanning the 118 ft (36 m) change in elevation.

Locks

The following list of locks are provided for the current canal, from upstream (south) to downstream (north):

Note: There is no Lock 4 on the canal.

The Halden canal near Halden, Norway begun construction in 1852. The canal allows boats to make a journey parallel to the Swedish border of 75 km from Tistedal to Skulerud. Engebret Soot (1786 - 1859) was responsible for this canal, as well as the earlier Soot Canal.

Four sets of locks control the water in the canal. From 1857 - 1860 the Strømsfoss and Ørje locks were built. There are 3 locks at Ørje, with a combined lift height of 10 meters. The lock gates are controlled by hand. In 1865 the Stenselv river portion of the canal, with locks both at Krappeto, was completed. The Brekke locks, furthest south, were finished in 1924 with four locks and a combined lift height of 26.6 m, bypassing the greatest lift of the Telemark canal. The locks in the Halden Canal can pass vessels which are 24 m in length, 6 m in beam and of 1.6 m draft.

The Göta Canal () is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. The canal stretche from Gothenburg on the west coast, combined with the river Göta älv and the Trollhätte canal, through the large lakes Vänern and Vättern, in parallel with Motala ström, and to Söderköping on the Baltic Sea.

The architect was Baltzar von Platen, working to plans earlier developed at the request of the Swedish king by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford; he got permission to begin to work on April 11, 1810 and the canal was officially opened on September 26, 1832. Telford himself travelled to Sweden in 1810 to oversee some of the initial excavations on the project.

Built only decades before the advent of railways, the canal was soon outdated, and never upgraded. The canal is a tourist attraction, sometimes called Sveriges blå band (”Sweden’s Blue Ribbon”).

To support the building of the canal with mechanical works, a small engineering workshop was established in Motala called Motala Verkstad. This industry has sometimes been referred to as cradle of the Swedish engineering industry.

In fiction

Several movies depict the canal, most notably the 1981 comedy Göta Kanal, in which two competing yacht constructors race the canal in order to win a huge construction stock order. In 2006, Göta Kanal 2 was released.

Locks

From the east-coast of Sweden all the way to the west-coast the locks are as follows:
(with meters per locks)

• Mem, 3
• Tegelbruket, 2.3
• Söderköping, 2.4
• Duvkullen nedre, 2.3
• Duvkullen övre, 2.4
• Mariehov nedre, 2.1
• Mariehov övre, 2.6
• Carlsborg nedre, 5.1
• Carlsborg övre, 4.7
• Klämman, open
• Hulta, 3.2
• Bråttom, 2.3
• Norsholm, 0.8
• Carl Johans slussar (seven locks), 18.8
• Oskars slussar, 4.8
• Karl Ludvig Eugéns slussar, 5.5
• Brunnby, 5.3
• Heda, 5.2
• Borensberg, 0.2
• Borenshult, 15.3
• Motala, 0.1

Lake Vättern

• Forsvik, 3.5
• Tåtorp, 0.2
• Hajstorp övre, 5.0
• Hajstorp nedre, 5.1
• Riksberg, 7.5
• Godhögen, 5.1
• Norrkvarn övre, 2.9
• Norrkvarn nedre, 2.9
• Sjötorp 7-8, 4.6
• Sjötorp 6, 2.4
• Sjötorp 4-5, 4.8
• Sjötorp 2-3, 4.8
• Sjötorp 1, 2.9

Trivia

The canal is nicknamed “skilmässodiket” which translates to “divorce ditch”. The name refers to the stress endured by couples navigating the numerous locks in the canal.

The Göta Canal () is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. The canal stretche from Gothenburg on the west coast, combined with the river Göta älv and the Trollhätte canal, through the large lakes Vänern and Vättern, in parallel with Motala ström, and to Söderköping on the Baltic Sea.

The architect was Baltzar von Platen, working to plans earlier developed at the request of the Swedish king by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford; he got permission to begin to work on April 11, 1810 and the canal was officially opened on September 26, 1832. Telford himself travelled to Sweden in 1810 to oversee some of the initial excavations on the project.

Built only decades before the advent of railways, the canal was soon outdated, and never upgraded. The canal is a tourist attraction, sometimes called Sveriges blå band (”Sweden’s Blue Ribbon”).

To support the building of the canal with mechanical works, a small engineering workshop was established in Motala called Motala Verkstad. This industry has sometimes been referred to as cradle of the Swedish engineering industry.

In fiction

Several movies depict the canal, most notably the 1981 comedy Göta Kanal, in which two competing yacht constructors race the canal in order to win a huge construction stock order. In 2006, Göta Kanal 2 was released.

Locks

From the east-coast of Sweden all the way to the west-coast the locks are as follows:
(with meters per locks)

• Mem, 3
• Tegelbruket, 2.3
• Söderköping, 2.4
• Duvkullen nedre, 2.3
• Duvkullen övre, 2.4
• Mariehov nedre, 2.1
• Mariehov övre, 2.6
• Carlsborg nedre, 5.1
• Carlsborg övre, 4.7
• Klämman, open
• Hulta, 3.2
• Bråttom, 2.3
• Norsholm, 0.8
• Carl Johans slussar (seven locks), 18.8
• Oskars slussar, 4.8
• Karl Ludvig Eugéns slussar, 5.5
• Brunnby, 5.3
• Heda, 5.2
• Borensberg, 0.2
• Borenshult, 15.3
• Motala, 0.1

Lake Vättern

• Forsvik, 3.5
• Tåtorp, 0.2
• Hajstorp övre, 5.0
• Hajstorp nedre, 5.1
• Riksberg, 7.5
• Godhögen, 5.1
• Norrkvarn övre, 2.9
• Norrkvarn nedre, 2.9
• Sjötorp 7-8, 4.6
• Sjötorp 6, 2.4
• Sjötorp 4-5, 4.8
• Sjötorp 2-3, 4.8
• Sjötorp 1, 2.9

Trivia

The canal is nicknamed “skilmässodiket” which translates to “divorce ditch”. The name refers to the stress endured by couples navigating the numerous locks in the canal.

Enfield Falls Canal is a canal that was built to circumvent the shallows at Enfield Falls on the Connecticut River. It is situated along the west side of the river, adjacent to the towns Suffield and Windsor Locks of Hartford County in the state of Connecticut, USA. Windsor Locks is named after the series of locks on the canal.

Prior to the opening of the canal, the scows or flat-bottomed boats which plied the Connecticut River could only carry some 10 or 12 tons over the falls, and any additional freight had to be offloaded and carried around the falls by ox teams. The boats then had to be poled through the rapids, requiring large teams of men to do this.

Construction of the canal commenced in 1824 and it was opened on November 11 1829. The canal was 5¼ miles (8.5 km) long and had a vertical drop of 32 ft (9.75 m). The locks admitted craft up to 90 ft (27 m) long and 20 ft (6 m) wide.

Once the canal was opened, boats were able to carry much larger loads, and steamboat services were introduced. However by 1844 the Hartford and Springfield Railroad had started operation, and navigation on the Connecticut River gradually reduced. However the canal obtained a new lease of life as a supplier of water power.

Today the canal is closed to navigation, but mostly still in water and used industrially. Most of the towpath is open for hiking and cycling. The canal is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The Hatherton Canal is a derelict branch of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in south Staffordshire, England.

When it was built it ran 4 miles (6 km) through eight locks from Hatherton Junction on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal to Churchbridge Junction on the Churchbridge Branch (a short branch with thirteen locks) of the Cannock Extension Canal (a branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal). It was completed in 1860. Subsidence due to mining caused its closure in 1955.

The canal is now part of an active restoration project. However, due to building on the cut, the current plans call for the canal to deviate from the original route in places. This includes new tunnels under the A5 road and a cluvert, already in place, over the M6 Toll motorway.

The Göta Canal () is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. The canal stretche from Gothenburg on the west coast, combined with the river Göta älv and the Trollhätte canal, through the large lakes Vänern and Vättern, in parallel with Motala ström, and to Söderköping on the Baltic Sea.

The architect was Baltzar von Platen, working to plans earlier developed at the request of the Swedish king by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford; he got permission to begin to work on April 11, 1810 and the canal was officially opened on September 26, 1832. Telford himself travelled to Sweden in 1810 to oversee some of the initial excavations on the project.

Built only decades before the advent of railways, the canal was soon outdated, and never upgraded. The canal is a tourist attraction, sometimes called Sveriges blå band (”Sweden’s Blue Ribbon”).

To support the building of the canal with mechanical works, a small engineering workshop was established in Motala called Motala Verkstad. This industry has sometimes been referred to as cradle of the Swedish engineering industry.

In fiction

Several movies depict the canal, most notably the 1981 comedy Göta Kanal, in which two competing yacht constructors race the canal in order to win a huge construction stock order. In 2006, Göta Kanal 2 was released.

Locks

From the east-coast of Sweden all the way to the west-coast the locks are as follows:
(with meters per locks)

• Mem, 3
• Tegelbruket, 2.3
• Söderköping, 2.4
• Duvkullen nedre, 2.3
• Duvkullen övre, 2.4
• Mariehov nedre, 2.1
• Mariehov övre, 2.6
• Carlsborg nedre, 5.1
• Carlsborg övre, 4.7
• Klämman, open
• Hulta, 3.2
• Bråttom, 2.3
• Norsholm, 0.8
• Carl Johans slussar (seven locks), 18.8
• Oskars slussar, 4.8
• Karl Ludvig Eugéns slussar, 5.5
• Brunnby, 5.3
• Heda, 5.2
• Borensberg, 0.2
• Borenshult, 15.3
• Motala, 0.1

Lake Vättern

• Forsvik, 3.5
• Tåtorp, 0.2
• Hajstorp övre, 5.0
• Hajstorp nedre, 5.1
• Riksberg, 7.5
• Godhögen, 5.1
• Norrkvarn övre, 2.9
• Norrkvarn nedre, 2.9
• Sjötorp 7-8, 4.6
• Sjötorp 6, 2.4
• Sjötorp 4-5, 4.8
• Sjötorp 2-3, 4.8
• Sjötorp 1, 2.9

Trivia

The canal is nicknamed “skilmässodiket” which translates to “divorce ditch”. The name refers to the stress endured by couples navigating the numerous locks in the canal.

Varistaipale canal is a Finnish canal in Heinävesi. The canal is a part of Heinävesi route (Heinäveden reitti), a route with six canals: Kerma, Vihovuonne, Pilppa, Karvio, Taivallahti and Varistaipale canals. The canal was built in 1911–1913 and has four locks. It is the biggest canal in Finland being the only canal to have this many locks. The height of drop totals 14.5 meters and the length is 1,100 meters.

Next to the canal there is a canal museum.

The Oswego Canal is a canal in the New York State Canal System located in New York, United States. Opened in 1828, it is 23.7 miles (38.1 km) in length, and connects the Erie Canal at Three Rivers to Lake Ontario. The canal has a depth of 14 ft (4.2 m), with seven locks spanning the 118 ft (36 m) change in elevation.

Locks

The following list of locks are provided for the current canal, from upstream (south) to downstream (north):

Note: There is no Lock 4 on the canal.