Ibbenbüren branch canal
The Ibbenbüren branch canal (SKI) is a remnant of an old journey of the Mittelland Canal , which was replaced by a new one in the mid-1980s. It is located in the west of the city of Ibbenbüren in the Uffeln district in the Tecklenburger Land and, as a federal waterway of waterway class IV, belongs to the Mittelland Canal, from which it branches off at kilometer 3.94. The newly created waterways and shipping office Mittellandkanal / Elbe-Seitenkanal (previously the waterways and shipping office Minden) has been responsible since February 5, 2020 .
From 1985 to 1987 the Mittelland Canal was expanded, also between the port in Uffeln and the bridge over the A30 motorway further south. In this area, the route was changed for two reasons: On the one hand, the two arches within this section no longer corresponded to the radii that are intended for modern shipping. During the expansion, the canal would have had to be extremely widened in order to achieve the usual radii of around 2000 m. On the other hand, the culvert over the Ibbenbürener Aa was a repeated target of British bomber groups during World War II , so that a large number of duds was suspected in this area.
Thus, a new drive a few hundred meters further west was built, the exact name of which is "Hörstel piercing". After completion, the old drive was partially backfilled; other parts serve as a lake and recreational area. The last section of 1.11 km in length from the port in Uffeln in a southerly direction to the Löhne – Rheine railway line is still accessible to shipping and is known as the Ibbenbüren branch canal. There is also a loading facility and a small marina on it.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directory E, serial no. 33 der Chronik ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
- ↑ a b Lengths (in km) of the main shipping lanes (main routes and certain secondary routes) of the federal inland waterways ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
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Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 22 ″ N , 7 ° 37 ′ 40 ″ E