- Mikaszówka Lock
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Mikaszówka Lock Waterway Augustów Canal Country Poland State Podlaskie County Augustów Maintained by RZGW Operation Manual First built 1828 Length 43.31 m (142.1 ft) Width 6.05 m (19.8 ft) Fall 2.44 m (8.0 ft) Distance to
Biebrza River69.1 km (42.9 mi) Distance to
Niemen River32.1 km (19.9 mi) Geographical Data Coordinates 53°53′23″N 23°23′48″E / 53.889625°N 23.396562°ECoordinates: 53°53′23″N 23°23′48″E / 53.889625°N 23.396562°E Mikaszówka Lock - the eleventh lock on the Augustów Canal (from the Biebrza). Located near the village Mikaszówka. Built in 1828 by Lt. Eng. Wojciech Korczakowski.
- Location: 69.1 km channel
- Level difference: 2.44 m
- Length: 43.31 m
- Width: 6.05 m
- Gates: Wooden
- Year built: 1828
- Construction Manager: Wojciech Korczakowski
Upstream Augustów Canal
NavigationDownstream Sosnówek Lock
1.2 km (0.7 mi)Mikaszówka Lock Perkuć Lock
6.1 km (3.8 mi)Reference
- 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.
Categories:- 19th-century establishments
- Locks of Poland
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