Kiel-Canal

[Dierk Bauer]

Postcards of the locks at Kiel-Holtenau

[Dierk Bauer]

Passing over the bridge at Rendsburg on the 14th July 2015.
The old steamer docked at Rendsburg is the Icebreaker STETTIN, stopping on her way to Hamburg after visiting Flensburg

[cptept]

Splendid!!!

[cptept]

Beautifull!!!!!

[Dierk Bauer]

View from the Rendsburg railway bridge, showing HOGELAND and DIVINE on the 28th July 2015, DIVINE only shifted berth after discharging, maybe waiting for orders?

[Dierk Bauer]

Entering the locks at Brunsbüttel onboard Icebreaker STETTIN last Sunday

[grahme]

Dierk. Why the need for locks on the Kiel ? Is there an RL difference between the Baltic and the Elbe or is it some other reason

[Dierk Bauer]

Hi Grahme, the locks on both sides are necessary due to the tides of the River Elbe, while the level of the Baltic Sea is being affected by wind conditions. They allow a constant waterlevel in the Kiel-Canal.

More of the Kiel-Canal can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Canal