Bydgoszcz Canal

Bydgoszcz Canal
View in the west of Bydgoszcz
Specifications
Length24.77 km (15.39 miles)
Maximum boat length57 m (187 ft 0 in)
Maximum boat beam9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Locks6
History
Modern namePolish: Kanał Bydgoski
Principal engineerFranz von Brenkenhoff
Construction began1773
Date of first use14 June 1774
Date completed1775
Date extended1904
Geography
Start pointBydgoszcz, Poland
End pointNakło nad Notecią, Poland
Branch(es)Old Bydgoszcz Canal
Branch ofEuropean Waterway E70
Connects toWarta river
Map

53°08′22″N 17°45′53″E / 53.139435°N 17.764793°E / 53.139435; 17.764793

Bydgoszcz Canal (German: Bromberger Kanal; Polish: Kanał Bydgoski) is a canal between the cities of Bydgoszcz and Nakło nad Notecią in Poland. It is 24.7 km long and connects the Vistula river with the Oder river, through the Brda and Noteć rivers (the latter ending in the Warta river which itself ends in Oder). The level difference along the canal is regulated by 6 locks. The canal was built in 1772–1775 on the order of King Frederick II of Prussia (after annexation of western Poland by the Kingdom of Prussia in First Partition of Poland).

The Bydgoszcz Canal has been listed on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List, Nr.A/900/1-27, on 30 November 2005.[1]

  1. ^ Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa (31 March 2017). Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo kujawsko-pomorskie (PDF). Bydgoszcz: Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. p. 26.