Lüdinghausen, Berenbrock, Dortmund-Ems-Kanal (an der Kreisstraße 23) -- 2015 -- 4655.jpg
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- File title
- Lüdinghausen, Berenbrock, Dortmund-Ems-Kanal (an der Kreisstraße 23) -- 2015 -- 4655.jpg
- Artist
- Dietmar Rabich
- Credit
- Own work
- Description
- Dortmund-Ems Canal (from the bridge of the county road 23) in the hamlet Berenbrock, Lüdinghausen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany The idea of connecting the industrial conurbation of the Ruhr region with a navigable waterway to the North Sea, namely the seaport of Emden , arose in the 19th century because the rapidly growing volume of freight traffic was overloading the railways and cheaper transport was needed. Construction of the Dortmund-Ems Canal began in 1892 and took around seven years. On August 11, 1899, the canal was officially opened by Emperor Wilhelm II – as the first large, uniformly planned inland waterway canal in Germany. Due to its strategic importance during World War II , the canal was attacked and damaged several times, which temporarily interrupted its use. After the war, it was repaired and gradually modernized to accommodate larger ships and push barges. The Dortmund-Ems Canal is approximately 269 kilometers long and runs from Dortmund to the Ems estuary port near Emden. It connects to other important canals at various points, including the Wesel-Datteln Canal , the Datteln-Hamm Canal , and the Mittelland Canal network, making it a central hub of the German waterway system. One of the most famous engineering structures is the old ship lift at Henrichenburg near Waltrop. It overcame a height difference of 14 meters and enabled ship traffic between different sections of the canal.
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- Date as the record states it
- Taken on 8 November 2015, 07:48
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- 5,118 px
- Height
- 2,879 px
- Megapixels
- 14.7
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
- Habitat
- bodies of water
- Collection
- Featured pictures of bodies of water
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- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%C3%BCdinghausen,_Berenbrock,_Dortmund-Ems-Kanal_(an_der_Kreisstra%C3%9Fe_23)_--_2015_--_4655.jpg
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