Dębowo Lock

Dębowo Lock
Lock
Waterway	Augustów Canal
Country	Poland
State	Podlaskie
County	Augustów
Maintained by	RZGW
Operation	Manual
First built	1826-1827
Latest built	rebuilt 1946 rebuilt 1997-2003
Length	43.9 m (144.0 ft)
Width	6.1 m (20.0 ft)
Fall	2.07 m (6.8 ft)
Distance to Biebrza River	0.35 km (0.2 mi)
Distance to Niemen River	100.85 km (62.7 mi)
Geographical Data
Coordinates	53°36′36″N 22°55′48″E / 53.609978°N 22.930051°E / 53.609978; 22.930051Coordinates: 53°36′36″N 22°55′48″E / 53.609978°N 22.930051°E / 53.609978; 22.930051

Dębowo Lock - the first lock on the Augustów Canal (from the Biebrza) near the village of Dębowo in the administrative district of Gmina Sztabin, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Sztabin, 27 km (17 mi) south of Augustów, and 58 km (36 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

As part of the Augustów Canal the lock was the first waterway (Summit level canal) in Central Europe to provide a direct link between the two major rivers, Vistula River and the Neman River, and it provided a link with the Black Sea to the south through the Oginski Canal, Dnieper River, Berezina Canal and Dvina River. It is currently a conservation protection zone proposed by Poland for inscription onto the World Heritage List of UNESCO.^[2]

single-chamber, - concrete brick. From the devastation of war was renovated in 1946, and in the years 1997-2003 were subjected to a thorough renovation. Difference of 3.11 m. The water level lockable wooden door.

Cell dimensions 43.56 x 6.04 m. Hand drive. In the vicinity of the sluice and weir valvular vent used to propel a small hydropower plant. Part of the team locks are buildings from the early twentieth century lock

• Location: 0.35 kilometer
• Level difference: 2.07 m
• Length: 43.9 m
• Width: 6.10 m
• Gates: Wood
• Years Constructed: 1826-1827
• Project manager: Lieutenant. Eng. Michael Przyrembel

Upstream	Augustów Canal Navigation	Downstream
Sosnowo Lock 12.85 km (8.0 mi)	Dębowo Lock	Biebrza River 0.35 km (0.2 mi)

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 
2. ^ Tentative list of Polish submissions to UNESCO

This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia.

• (Polish) "opracowanie nt kanału Augustowskiego znajdujące się na stronach Regionalnego Zarządu Gospodarki Wodnej w Warszawie". http://www.test.rzgw.warszawa.pl/rzgw/augustowski.pdf. 
• (Polish) Batura, Irena. (1997). Po ziemi augustowskiej : przewodnik dla turysty i wczasowicza. Suwałki: Wydawnictwo Hańcza. ISBN 83-904804-9-2. 
• (Polish) "Kanał Augustowski". http://kanaly.info/pl/index/id_contentnews=41. Retrieved 4 January 2010.