Kraftwerk-Schleusen - Birsfelden, BL, Switzerland
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N 47° 33.519 E 007° 37.680
32T E 396785 N 5268159
Two parallel locks to bypass the hydroelectric power plant over the Rhine in Birsfelden.
Waymark Code: WM6RRA
Location: Basel Landschaft, Switzerland
Date Posted: 07/15/2009
Views: 8
The power plant and the locks were built in the 1930's.
There are two locks parallel, both between 180 and 190 meters long and 12 meters wide.
There are about 10'000 ships passing the locks every year.
Waterway Name: Rhine
Connected Points:
Opens the Rhine upstream of Basel for commercial traffic
Type: Lock
Date Opened: 01/01/1937
Elevation Difference (meters): 6.00
Site Status: Operational
Web Site: [Web Link]
Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed
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