Hammarbyleden
Hammarbyleden is an artificial waterway in the south of Stockholm . It connects a bay in the Baltic Sea ( Danviken ) with an offshoot of Lake Mälaren ( Årstaviken ).
The link was built between 1918 and 1925 at the request of the Stockholm City Council and was inaugurated in 1930. The canal was intended to relieve the Slussen lock in the city center, which could no longer cope with the increasing shipping traffic. At the same time, a new industrial site with a port connection was to be established. For this purpose the area of the Hammarby manor located here was bought up. For the construction, the two bays were initially widened by blasting and a lake that lay along the route was emptied. The subsequent shaft work was completed in 1925, after which the refilling could begin.
The canal never got the great shipping and industrial importance that one had hoped for. Since the channel was too shallow for large ocean liners, only a few companies settled in the northern and southern ports. In more recent times, therefore, began to demolish the industrial buildings. To this end, Hammarby Sjöstad, one of Sweden's most modern new development areas, is currently being built in its place .
Web links
- Bosses Arnholm: Hammarbyleden. North alla kanaler. Retrieved August 9, 2013 (Swedish).