Ems side canal

This article deals with the operating Ems Lateral Canal between Emden and Oldersum, not to be confused with the unfinished Gleesen-Papenburg Lateral Canal

Ems side canal
abbreviation	UMC
location	Lower Saxony
length	9.0 km
Built	1894-1897
Beginning	Ems near Oldersum
The End	Emder harbor
Descent structures	Oldersum , Borssum
Junctions, crossings	Oldersumer Sieltief , Lange Maar, Petkumer Sieltief , connecting canal
Kilometrage	From Oldersum to Emden
Top speed.	7 km / h
Ascent	Direction Oldersum
Competent authority	Waterways and Shipping Office Emden
Ems side canal with yacht club Unterems near Oldersum

The Ems Lateral Canal is a 9 kilometer long federal waterway in Lower Saxony near Emden / East Friesland . It leads from the Unterems (km 30.3) near Oldersum via the Oldersum lock to the Borßumer lock, via which the inland port of Emden is reached. It runs parallel to the Ems and parallel to the railway at a distance of one to two kilometers and is crossed by 8 road and path bridges. The canal is 27 meters wide, between 1.50 meters and 2 meters deep and offers a minimum clearance of 4 meters. As an inland waterway, it belongs to waterway class III. The Emden Waterways and Shipping Office is responsible .

The canal is mainly used by pleasure craft and there are a few small pleasure craft harbors along the canal.

The Ems Lateral Canal was the end section of the Dortmund-Ems Canal opened in 1899 . This section was built between 1894 and 1897 because the heavy haulage customary at that time in stormy weather conditions was not able to cope with the swell at the height of the Dollart , especially when entering and leaving the then rapidly growing Emden harbor . At the same time, the drainage conditions in the marshland east of Emden could be improved by the canal ; therefore the Oldersum sea lock was also given the function of a sewer .

Since 1968 the Ems Lateral Canal no longer belongs to the Dortmund-Ems Canal, but is a separate federal waterway.

Web links

Commons : Ems side channel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Waterways and Shipping Office Emden, The Ems Lateral Canal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 inserted automatically 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 
2. ↑ Directory E, serial no. 14 der Chronik ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically 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