Borenshult Slussar - Motala, Sweden
N 58° 33.348 E 015° 04.682
33V E 504540 N 6490594
Borenshult Lock is one of 58 locks on the Göta Canal. It is the steepest lock in the canal with a height difference of 15 meters.
Waymark Code: WM14Z75
Location: Östergötland, Sweden
Date Posted: 09/16/2021
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Borenshult Lock is one of 58 locks on the Göta Canal. It is the steepest lock in the canal with a height difference of 15 meters. It consists of 5 interconnected locks.
The Göta Canal stretches from Sjötorp on the east side of Lake Vänern to Mem at Slätbaken. It is 190 km long and has a total of 58 locks. Highest elevation above sea level: 91.8 m. Together with the Trollhätte Canal and the lakes Väneren, Vätteren and Roxen, it forms a waterway across Sweden from the Baltic Sea in the east to the Kattegat in the west.
Highest elevation above sea level: 91.8 m
The Göta Canal was built between 1810-1832. 58000 soldiers have participated in the excavation of the canal and about seven million effective days work in 12 hours have been spent
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