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Kanaltunnel Weilburg
Weilburg Ship Tunnel
Useful Information
History
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| 1844 to 1847 | tunnel built. |
Description
This tunnel was created to make the small Lahn river navigable.
Right at the city of Weilburg, the oxbow of the Lahn has sand banks and rocks,
which makes it dangerous even for small boats.
The tunnel crosses the rock on which Weilburg was built, and thus avoids this
dangerous part.
It is the only tunnel for an canal in Germany and thus unique.
The tunnel was built for commercial freight boats.
But after only one decade it became obsolete by the construction of the
railroad.
Nevertheless it is still functional and in use.
Everybody may use it for free, but has to operate the lock, which was built to
escalate the height difference in the water level of 4.65m between both ends of
the tunnel.
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