Swoboda Lock

Swoboda Lock

Lock
Waterway	Augustów Canal
Country	Poland
State	Podlaskie
County	Augustów
Maintained by	RZGW
Operation	Manual
First built	1826-1827
Latest built	rebuilt 1960's
Length	45.77 m (150.2 ft)
Width	5.95 m (19.5 ft)
Fall	1.7 m (5.6 ft)
Distance to Biebrza River	47.7 km (29.6 mi)
Distance to Niemen River	53.5 km (33.2 mi)
Coordinates	53°52′00″N 23°08′42″E / 53.866653°N 23.1451°ECoordinates: 53°52′00″N 23°08′42″E / 53.866653°N 23.1451°E

Swoboda Lock is the seventh lock on the Augustów Canal (from the Biebrza). It is situated amidst the Augustów Forest near Lake Studzieniczne. Built between 1826 and 1827 by Lt.-Col. Eng. Jan Paweł Lelewel. In the 1960s has undergone modernization involving the replacement of original wooden gates with metal crank-driven mechanism raised, reinforced concrete bridge was built a distinctive and concreting awanportu. New system to move the gates did not work and was later by one of the membranes removed, and replaced the original system of drawbars.

• Location: 47.4 km channel
• Level difference: 1.7 m
• Length: 45.77 m
• Width: 5.95 m
• Gates: metal
• Year of construction: 1826–1827
• Construction Manager: Lt.-Col. Eng. John Paul Lelewel

References

• "opracowanie nt kanału Augustowskiego znajdujące się na stronach Regionalnego Zarządu Gospodarki Wodnej w Warszawie" (PDF) (in Polish).
• Batura, Irena. (1997). Po ziemi augustowskiej : przewodnik dla turysty i wczasowicza (in Polish). Suwałki: Wydawnictwo Hańcza. ISBN 83-904804-9-2.
• "Kanał Augustowski" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2010.