Nordgeorgsfehn Canal

The Nordgeorgsfehn Canal (German: Nordgeorgsfehnkanal or NGFK) is a canal in East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany. It connects the Jümme with the Ems-Jade Canal. It is 31.8 km long and 13 m wide. The maximum permitted draught of boats on the canal is 1.4 m and the maximum permitted height is 2.2 m. The canal has eight locks and twenty five bridges of which ten are swing bridges.[1]

The canal is owned by the state of Lower Saxony and is operated by NLWKN.

References

  1. ↑ Information on the NGFK (in German) provided by the NLWKN

Coordinates: 53°13′N 7°38′E / 53.217°N 7.633°E / 53.217; 7.633


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