Hünxe lock
The Hünxe locks belong - from the Rhine - to the second of the six canal stages of the Wesel-Datteln Canal (WDK) at canal kilometers 13.31.
The lock group has a fall height of 5.50 meters.
The large lock is 222 meters long, 11.85 meters wide and has lifting gates at both ends. It was built in 1923. The lifting gates had to be replaced in 1993.
The small lock was built in 1965–1967, is 112 meters long and 11.62 meters wide. It has a lifting gate on the upper water and a sliding gate with a gate bridge on the lower water. The chamber is equipped with an air bubble system, which at least temporarily prevents the chamber from icing up.
Both locks are designed for a draft of 2.80 meters.
Both locks are operated by the lock operators in the on-site control stands. The pumping station is operated by the remote control center (FZW) of the Duisburg-Meiderich waterway and shipping office in Datteln, which went into operation in 1984 .
In 2009 the river bed in the upper water is to be renovated.
The Hünxe water hiking rest area is about 80 meters above the canal step .
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 Dattelner Meer along the entire pumping station chain of the WDK to feed the Herne / Datteln-Münster apex section of the West German canal network. Three pumps are operated with 3,800 and one pump with 5,000 liters per second. A maximum of three pumps run at the same time. The geodetic head is 5.50 meters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The West: Winter Has a Firm Grip on the Canal, January 8, 2009 article
- ↑ Public invitation to tender by the Duisburg-Meiderich Water and Shipping Authority ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- DIN 4054, hydraulic engineering, terms, September 1977
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 52.5 ″ N , 6 ° 46 ′ 30.5 ″ E