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Hünxe Lock (Wesel-Datteln Canal)

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Hünxe Lock (Wesel-Datteln Canal)

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Hünxe Lock (Wesel-Datteln Canal)

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    Location: Hünxe, Kreis Wesel, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    3. Wesel-Datteln Canal – Hünxe Lock loop from Hünxe

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    April 20, 2017

    The locks Hünxe belong - from the Rhine - to the second of the six channel stages of the Wesel-Datteln-Kanal (WDK) at channel kilometer 13.31.

    The lock group has a drop height of 5.50 meters.

    The large lock is 222 meters long, 11.85 meters wide and has lift gates at both ends. It was built in 1923. The lift gates had to be renewed in 1993.

    The small lock was built 1965-1967, is 112 meters long, 11.62 meters wide. It has a Hubsenktor at the upper water and at the underwater a Schiebetor with gate bridge. The chamber is equipped with a Luftsprudelanlage that prevents at least temporarily the icing of the chamber.

    Both locks are designed for a draft of 2.80 meters.

    The operation of both locks is done by the lock operator in the control booths on site. The pumping station is operated by the remote control center (FZW) of the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Duisburg-Meiderich in Datteln, which was put into operation in 1984.

    In 2009, the riverbed will be rehabilitated in Oberwasser. [2]

    About 80 meters above the channel level is the Hünxe Wasserwanderrastplatz.

    The return pumping station, which has been in operation since the commissioning of the 1931 channel, initially serves to pump back the runoff water discharged into the underwater into the upper water. In addition, Rhine water can be pumped in the direction of the Dattelner Meer over the whole pumping station chain of the WDK if necessary to feed the peak Herne / Datteln-Münster of the West German sewer system. Three pumps are operated with 3,800 and a pump with 5,000 liters throughput per second. Maximum three pumps run simultaneously. The geodetic head is 5.50 meters.

    Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleuse_Hünxe

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      January 4, 2017

      The large lock is 222 meters long, 11.85 meters wide and has lifting gates at both ends. It was built in 1923.

      Remarkable building and worth a trip.

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        April 20, 2017

        The Hünxe locks belong - from the Rhine - to the second of the six canal stages of the Wesel-Datteln Canal (WDK) at canal kilometers 13.31.

        The lock group has a fall height of 5.50 meters.

        The large lock is 222 meters long, 11.85 meters wide and has lifting gates at both ends. It was built in 1923. The lifting gates had to be replaced in 1993.

        The small lock was built between 1965 and 1967 and is 112 meters long and 11.62 meters wide. It has a lifting gate on the upper water and a sliding gate with a gate bridge on the lower water. The chamber is equipped with an air bubble system, which at least temporarily prevents the chamber from icing up. [1]

        Both locks are designed for a draft of 2.80 meters.

        Both locks are operated by the lock operators in the control stands on site. The pumping station is operated by the remote control center (FZW) of the Duisburg-Meiderich waterways and shipping office in Datteln, which went into operation in 1984.

        In 2009 the river bed in the upper water is to be rehabilitated. [2]

        The Hünxe water hiking rest area is about 80 meters above the canal step.

        The return pumping station, which has existed since the canal was commissioned in 1931, is initially used to pump the lock water that has drained into the lower water back into the upper water. In addition, Rhine water can be pumped in the direction of the Dattelner Meer along the entire WDK pumping station chain to feed the Herne / Datteln-Münster apex section of the West German sewer network. Three pumps are operated with 3,800 and one pump with 5,000 liters per second. A maximum of three pumps run at the same time. The geodetic head is 5.50 meters.

        Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleuse_Hünxe

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