North Willems Canal

Course of the Noord-Willems-Kanaal

The Nord-Willemskanal ( Dutch Noord-Willemskanaal ) is the shipping connection between the Drentsche Hoofdvaart west of Assen and the city of Groningen in the Netherlands . The canal runs roughly parallel to the A28 motorway, is 38 km long and 2 m deep.

history

The canal was built and operated on the basis of a royal concession from June 23, 1855 by a company, the Noord-Willemskanaal Maatschappij , based in Groningen. In 1861 the canal was completed and after King Willem III. named. It is called Noord -Willemskanaal because there was already a Willemskanal in Noord-Brabant .

After the concession, which was limited to 99 years, the Dutch state took over the canal.

Locks

The canal has three locks :

north of Assen (near Peelo)
Lock III, approx. 1.5 km north of Vries
Lock IV, at De Punt, a village in the municipality of Tynaarlo in Drenthe

Since the canal between Haren and Groningen roughly follows the course of the Hoornsediep (Drentse Aa), this part is often still called that.

Web links

Commons : Nord-Willemskanal - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

↑ Centrale Archief Selectiedienst (ed.): Inventory van het archief van De Noord-Willemskanaal Maatschappij NV te Groningen (1841) 1856-1958 (1963) . Winschoten 1986, ISBN 90-5164-125-7 .
↑ Overneming in beheer en onderhoud bij het Rijk van het Noord-Willemskanaal met toebehoren . In: Kamerstuk Tweede Kamer, 1956–1957. Kamerstuk number 4698, other number 3.

[1] Centrale Archief Selectiedienst (ed.): Inventory van het archief van De Noord-Willemskanaal Maatschappij NV te Groningen (1841) 1856-1958 (1963) . Winschoten 1986, ISBN 90-5164-125-7 .

[2] Overneming in beheer en onderhoud bij het Rijk van het Noord-Willemskanaal met toebehoren . In: Kamerstuk Tweede Kamer, 1956–1957. Kamerstuk number 4698, other number 3.