Sandforth lock
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 The preserved remains of the Sandforth lock |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 22 '22 " N , 12 ° 11' 17" E | |
| Place: | Cap | |
| Waters: | Peat canal | |
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| Construction time: | 1745 | |
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| Type: | Inland lock | |
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When Sandforth lock is an under monument protection standing monument of the village Mützel the city Genthin in Sachsen-Anhalt . The lock is recorded in the local monument register under registration number 094 76534.
History and design
The Sandforth lock near Mützel is a barge lock for the transport of peat and was built in 1745 to reach a navigable water depth in the upper part of the 7.5 kilometer long peat canal , also called Mühlengraben, from Fiener Bruch , from the peat factory near Fienerode to the Plauer Canal . The lock is older than the village of Mützel, which was only founded in 1754 according to official sources. In the formerly drained wetland Fiener Bruch, peat was extracted . This was brought over the ditches and small canals with hand barges to the peat deposit in Genthin on the Plauer Canal. At the Plauer Canal, the peat was loaded onto larger barges and brought to the saltworks in Schönebeck (Elbe) . Over 70 hydraulic structures have been built in Fiener Bruch for peat shipping. 13 of them were peat barge locks, of which only the Sandforth lock was preserved as a technical monument . The Sandforth lock was a single-gate stowage or catch lock.
location
The Sandforthschleuse is located east of the village of Mützel near the peat canal, north of the junction from the main Fiener receiving water , the former royal moat.