Göta Canal and locks

E100272
canal canal infrastructure engineering landmark historic waterway lock system waterway system

Göta Canal and locks is a historic Swedish waterway featuring an extensive system of locks that connect lakes and seas across the country, serving as both an engineering landmark and a popular tourist route.

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Label Occurrences
Göta Canal 3
Göta Canal and locks canonical 2
Göta Canal locks 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
canal infrastructure ⓘ
engineering landmark ⓘ
historic waterway ⓘ
lock system ⓘ
waterway system ⓘ
builtBy Swedish Army ⓘ
surface form: Swedish Army engineers
chiefEngineer Baltzar von Platen ⓘ
connects Baltic Sea ⓘ
Lake Boren ⓘ
Lake Roxen ⓘ
Lake Vänern ⓘ
Lake Vättern ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
lakes and seas across Sweden ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1810 ⓘ
1810 ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
designedBy Baltzar von Platen ⓘ
hasPart Göta Canal and locks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Göta Canal locks
heritageStatus important Swedish industrial heritage ⓘ
highestPoint Lake Viken ⓘ
historicalUse commercial shipping ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1832 ⓘ
1832 ⓘ
length approximately 190 km ⓘ
locatedIn Sweden ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
wooden gates ⓘ
maximumDraught about 2.8 m ⓘ
maximumVesselBeam about 7 m ⓘ
maximumVesselLength about 30 m ⓘ
numberOfLocks approximately 58 ⓘ
approximately 58 ⓘ
ownedBy Göta Kanalbolag ⓘ
partOf Göta Canal and locks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Göta Canal

Göta Canal and locks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
passesThrough Karlsborg vicinity ⓘ
Linköping vicinity ⓘ
Motala ⓘ
Söderköping ⓘ
primaryUse recreational boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
purpose enable navigation between lakes and seas ⓘ
overcome elevation differences ⓘ
significance important 19th-century engineering project ⓘ
major Swedish tourist route ⓘ
status major tourist attraction ⓘ
touristSeason late spring to early autumn ⓘ
usedFor pleasure craft ⓘ
tourist cruises ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trollhättan → knownFor → Göta Canal and locks ⓘ
European inland shipping network → hasComponent → Göta Canal and locks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Göta Canal
Göta Canal and locks → partOf → Göta Canal and locks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Göta Canal
Göta Canal and locks → hasPart → Göta Canal and locks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Göta Canal
this entity surface form: Göta Canal locks
Göta Canal and locks → partOf → Göta Canal and locks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Göta Canal locks
this entity surface form: Göta Canal
Östergötland County → containsHistoricSite → Göta Canal and locks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Göta Canal