Muenster lock
| Muenster lock | ||
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 Left the disused Chamber 3 and right the two new chambers behind the railway bridge |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 58 ′ 42 " N , 7 ° 39 ′ 42" E | |
| Country: |
 Germany / North Rhine-Westphalia
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| Place: | Muenster | |
| Waters: | Dortmund-Ems Canal | |
| Water kilometers : | km 71.5 | |
| Data | ||
| Owner: | Federal waterways and shipping administration | |
| Responsible WSA : | Rheine | |
| Start of operation: | 1899 | |
| Modification: | 2004-2014 | |
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| Type: | Twin lock | |
| Category: | Class IV (Europawasserstraße) | |
| Usable length: | 190.0 m | |
| Usable width: | 12.5 m | |
| Height upstream : | 56.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| Average height of fall : |
6.2 m | |
| Upper gate: | Folding gate | |
| Lower gate: | Miter gate | |
| Fill chamber; to empty: | 25 minutes | |
| Others | ||
| Was standing: | December 2019 | |
The Münster lock is a lock on the Dortmund-Ems Canal (DEK) in the city of Münster .
General
The lock system, built in the 1890s and later expanded, is located at DEK-km 71.5 and was last in operation as an economy lock with three chambers. The DEK's southern route also gained in importance through the German Unity Transport Project No. 17 . When closing the gap between the Ruhr region and the central land channel is part of a continuous waterway from Rhein until after Berlin . For this reason, the Münster lock was rebuilt as a twin lock from 2004 to 2014 . It is operated by the Rheine Waterways and Shipping Authority, has an average drop height of 6.2 m and is serviced on site every day at set times.
description
Chamber 1
The first lock chamber was built from masonry in 1895–1898 . It was 67 m long, 8.6 m wide and was closed with two mortise gates . With the completion of the Dortmund-Ems Canal, it went into operation in 1899.
When construction began in December 2004, this chamber was replaced by a new reinforced concrete building. This first twin chamber is 190 m long and 12.5 m wide. The head is closed with a flap gate and the lower head with a mortise gate. The new Chamber 1 has been in operation since February 26, 2009. The requirement to always keep two chambers in operation due to the volume of traffic was met by chambers 2 and 3 during the construction period.
Chamber 2
In the years 1912–1913 a second masonry lock chamber was built. It was 165 m long and 10 m wide. The head was closed with a flap gate , the lower head with a stem gate.
In March 2009, the identical new construction of the second twin chamber began. It was released for trial operation on February 19, 2014. During this construction period, traffic was handled via the new Chamber 1 and the old Chamber 3. With the inauguration by the Parliamentary State Secretary Enak Ferlemann , the renovation of the lock system was officially completed on April 15, 2014.
Chamber 3
A third lock chamber was built from concrete in 1919–1926 . It was 223 m long, 12 m wide and was also closed with a hinged and mortise gate. Since the completion of the new chamber 2, this chamber is no longer in operation.
Web links
- Muenster lock. WSA Rheine
- The new canal stage in Münster. (PDF) WSA Rheine
- Twin lock Münster. Datteln Waterways Development Authority , 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Operating times of the Münster lock. ELWIS , accessed December 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Trial operation of the twin lock in Münster. (PDF) WSA Rheine , February 19, 2014, accessed on December 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Klaus Baumeister: Four ships in one go. Westfälische Nachrichten , April 15, 2014, accessed on December 13, 2019 .