Poppenweiler barrage
Poppenweiler barrage | ||
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View of the Poppenweiler barrage with lock (left) and hydroelectric power station (right) |
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location | ||
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Coordinates | 48 ° 54 '43 " N , 9 ° 14' 47" E | |
Country: | Germany | |
Place: | Ludwigsburg | |
Waters: | Neckar | |
Water kilometers : | km 165.00 | |
Data | ||
lock | ||
Type: | Chamber lock | |
Usable length: | 110 m | |
Usable width: | 11.90 m | |
Height upstream : | 203.32 m | |
Average height of fall : |
7.01 m | |
Upper gate: | Lifting sector | |
Lower gate: | Swing gate | |
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Associated power plant: | 3.6 MW run-of-river power plant |
The Poppenweiler barrage is a river barrage and consists of a double lock on the left bank, a hydroelectric power station on the right bank and a three-field weir in the middle of the river Neckar . This construction is typical of the 1950s. The barrage is located between the Ludwigsburg districts of Poppenweiler and Neckarweihingen .
technology
The jamb depth of the locks is 3.20 meters. The gate of the lock chamber up the Neckar is a lifting sector and can be raised about a meter to fill the chamber. The gate located downstream is a swing gate and can be folded down. It has counterweights on ropes and is raised hydraulically.
location
The Poppenweiler barrage is the 19th system seen from the Rhine .
Boat tow
A boat tow is available on the left , which is approx. 470 m long.
Web links
Upstream | Crossing the Neckar | Downstream |
Aldingen barrage | Poppenweiler barrage |
Marbach weir |