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Tonnenankerstein (Moorfleet)

Tonnenankerstein (Moorfleet)

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Tonnenankerstein (Moorfleet)

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Location: Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Otterndorf Old Town – Hadelner Canal Cycle Path loop from Otterndorf

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3. Hadelner Canal – Otterndorf Old Town loop from Wingst

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June 15, 2022

Barrel Anchor Stone
A gift from regional researcher Rainer Leive, Basdahl

Heavy natural stones, into which holes were painstakingly punched to accommodate chains, have been used as ground anchors for the fairway buoys since the beginning of Elbe navigation.
Many Anchor Stones went through chain breaks over time, barrel theft
or exposure to drift ice.
In order to prevent losses due to sinking into the ground, these were lifted at regular intervals and repositioned according to the fairway bearings.
For the state tasks to secure the fairway, "ton and beacon money" was charged from every skipper.

The modern suction dredgers that are used today to maintain the Elbe fairway are not technically able to lift the heavy anchor stones from the bottom of the Elbe.
The anchor stone erected here is the largest "known barrel anchor in the Lower Elbe area and one of the last of its kind: it weighs 750 kg,
History:
The few perforated stones that were found in the dredged material of bucket chain dredgers and were not misused as riprap for bank stabilization are part of the ancient history of perforated stones and were once used by the seafaring peoples of the Mediterranean region as ship anchors.
Since the beginning of the pharaonic empires, perforated stones have been used as sea anchors for ships on the Nile.
An illustration on a bas-relief in the tomb pyramid of Pharaoh Sahure (around 2600 BC) documents this use of perforated stones.
In addition to pottery, gold and copper bars, divers found 24 hole stones in the cargo of a 3,300-year-old ancient shipwreck discovered near the southern Turkish city of Antalya in 1984.

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Tonnenankerstein (Moorfleet)

1. Otterndorf Old Town – Hadelner Canal Cycle Path loop from Otterndorf

2. Oste Dike Path – Wakeboarding Neuhaus (Oste) loop from Hemmoor

3. Hadelner Canal – Otterndorf Old Town loop from Wingst

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