Oldersum lock
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 19 '32 " N , 7 ° 20' 7" E | |
| Country: |
 Germany / Lower Saxony
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| Place: | Oldersum | |
| Waters: | Ems side canal | |
| Water kilometers : | km 256.63 | |
| Data | ||
| Owner: | Federal waterways and shipping administration | |
| Responsible WSA : | Emden | |
| Start of operation: | 1897 | |
| Renovation: | 1989 to 1993 | |
| lock | ||
| Type: | Chamber lock | |
| Usable length: | 100.00 m | |
| Usable width: | 9.80 m | |
| Average height of fall : |
0.50 m to 2.30 m (depending on the tide) m | |
| Upper gate: | Miter gate | |
| Lower gate: | Miter gate | |
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| Was standing: | June 2016 | |
The lock Oldersum connects the Ems side channel with that of the tides influenced Unterems . The Emden Waterways and Shipping Office is responsible for operation and maintenance .
The lock
The lock was built between 1894 and 1897 in the course of what was then the end section of the Dortmund-Ems Canal . It was built as a one-chamber lock with two masonry heads and sloping, so-called sloped walls. Their usable length is 100 meters. It is 9.80 meters wide and depending on the water level, the permissible diving depth in the lock is 1.55 to 2.00 meters.
In 1988, the almost hundred-year-old lock was drained for structural inspection. As a result of this inspection, the lock was shut down and plans for basic repairs were drawn up.
Landesstraße 2, Petkumer Straße, runs over the inner head of the lock and over a bridge. The lock is also used to drain the Emsmarschen between Oldersum and Emden and then has the function of a sewer .
literature
- Writings of the Association for European Inland Shipping and Waterways e. V. (VBW), various years. WESKA ( Western European Shipping and Harbor Calendar), Binnenschiffahrts-Verlag , Duisburg-Ruhrort (no ISBN)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Page of the WSA Emden with explanations accessed on November 22, 2011