Friedrichsfeld lock

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Large (l) and small (r) lock
Location of the lock group on the canal

The locks Friedrich field include: - from the Rhine - to the first channel of the six stages of the Wesel Datteln channel (WDK) at 1.85 kilometers channel in Voerde - Emmelsum at Wesel .

The Friedrichsfeld lock group is not far from the junction of the Wesel-Datteln Canal from the Rhine . The height of fall depends on the Rhine water level. When the Rhine floods, the water level towards the Rhine can even be higher than in the canal, so that the canal does not have to be channeled uphill, as usual, but down into the valley. The upper water has a water level of 22.5 meters above sea level. NN. The underwater at a mean water level of the Rhine has a height of 15.65 meters above sea level. NN. When the Rhine floods, the height of the underwater is 23.72 meters above sea level. NN.

The large Friedrichsfeld lock was opened in 1930 when the canal was built. It has a length of 220 and a width of 11.84 meters. This lock is closed by lifting gates on the upstream and downstream sides, the weight of the lower gate being 45 tons. The large lock holds 20,000 cubic meters. The lifting frame of the goals is 24.5 meters high. The lock gates were renewed in 1992.

The small lock is 110 meters long and 11.64 meters wide. The lock was built in 1964. It has a lifting sector on the upstream side and a stem gate on the downstream side . The capacity is 10,000 cubic meters.

The ascent at the large lock takes about 30 minutes and the small one about 15 minutes. An average of 120 ships pass through the two locks every day.

  • Big lock

  • Small lock

At the Friedrichsfeld lock group there is a branch of the Duisburg-Meiderich water and shipping office for collecting shipping taxes. The Marina Munderloh with twelve berths, two of which are guest berths, is also located on this branch canal. The port of Emmelsum is located south of the canal level on the Rhine side and the port of Rhein-Lippe to the north .

The return pumping station, which has existed since the canal was commissioned in 1931, is initially used to pump the lock water that has drained into the lower water back into the upper water. In addition, Rhine water can be pumped in the direction of the Datteln canal cross over the entire pumping station chain of the WDK , to feed the Herne / Datteln-Münster apex of the West German canal network. A maximum of four of the five pumps, each with a delivery rate of 5000 liters per second, are operated simultaneously.

The Friedrichsfeld lock group is part of the Route of Industrial Culture .

literature

  • DIN 4054, hydraulic engineering, terms, September 1977

Web links

Commons : Schleuse Friedrichsfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 37 '44.8 "  N , 6 ° 36' 58.4"  E