Zuid-Willemsvaart

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The Zuid-Willemsvaart is a major canal in the southern Netherlands that historically served as an important inland shipping route linking industrial and urban centers.

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Zuid-Willemsvaart canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
waterway
completedIn 1826
connects industrial centers in North Brabant
urban centers in Limburg
connectsWith Belgian border near Lozen
Maastricht NERFINISHED
’s-Hertogenbosch NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1822
country Netherlands
crosses Den Bosch region NERFINISHED
Helmond NERFINISHED
Roermond NERFINISHED
Veghel NERFINISHED
Weert NERFINISHED
etymology “Willemsvaart” referring to King William’s canal NERFINISHED
“Zuid” meaning “South” in Dutch
followsWatercourse river Maas NERFINISHED
hasBasinCountry Netherlands NERFINISHED
hasLockSystem multiple canal locks
hasNavigationFunction commercial shipping
recreational boating
hasPart bridges
locks
section through Helmond
section through Roermond
section through Weert
section through ’s-Hertogenbosch
historicallyLinkedTo industrialization of southern Netherlands
historicalSignificance important 19th-century transport axis in southern Netherlands
inception 1822
languageOfName Dutch
length approximately 122 kilometres
locatedIn southern Netherlands NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity province of Limburg
province of North Brabant
namedAfter King William I of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
opened 1826
operator Rijkswaterstaat NERFINISHED
originalPurpose inland shipping route
transport of coal
transport of industrial goods
partOf Dutch inland waterway network NERFINISHED
replacedBy later enlarged Maas route for heavy shipping
status operational
usedFor recreation
regional freight transport
water management
waterwayType ship canal

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Wilhelmina Canal connects Zuid-Willemsvaart
Veghel river Zuid-Willemsvaart
Veghel locatedOn Zuid-Willemsvaart
Beek en Donk hasCanal Zuid-Willemsvaart
Beek en Donk crossedByWatercourse Zuid-Willemsvaart
Laarbeek municipality, North Brabant, Netherlands hasWaterway Zuid-Willemsvaart
subject surface form: Laarbeek