Münster District
Ruhr RegionKreis RecklinghausenDattelnAhsen Lock
Münster District
Ruhr RegionKreis RecklinghausenDattelnAhsen Lock
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Ahsen Lock
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Location: Datteln, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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The large lock is 222 meters long, 12 meters wide and has lifting gates at both ends. It was built between 1925 and 1927 and officially put into operation in 1931 with the Wesel-Datteln Canal. The lifting gates were renewed in the 1990s, as were the other large locks on the canal.
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Elevation 50 m
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Location: Datteln, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany