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View of the Minden Shaft Lock

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Minden

View of the Minden Shaft Lock

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View of the Minden Shaft Lock

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Location: Minden, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Minden Waterway Crossing – Weser Lock, Minden loop from Minden

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2. Minden Waterway Cross – Weser Lock Minden loop from Leteln

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3. Weser Lock Minden – View of the Weser River loop from Kuhlenkamp

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Moonbeam🌜

February 16, 2022

The Minden shaft lock was built from 1911 to 1914 as part of the construction of the Mittelland Canal at the Minden waterway junction as a north descent to the Weser and thus creates the shortest connection between the Mittelland Canal and the Weser. At the same time, an essentially identical lock was built on the Dortmund-Ems Canal, the Henrichenburg shaft lock. The Minden lock has a usable chamber length of 85 meters and is 10 meters wide. Due to the laterally arranged water-saving basins with a capacity of 7300 m³ (only 4000 m³ are drained into the Weser) that are integrated into the construction, it saves water in contrast to the southern descent via the upper and lower sluice and was therefore state-of-the-art at the time of construction .
The building is considered a technical attraction in Minden.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schachtschleuse_Minden

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Viajera

May 31, 2025

The shaft lock isn't exactly fascinating for tech geeks. The system is simple, but ingenious nonetheless. It's great to be able to experience it up close.

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Location: Minden, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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