Rhine–Herne Canal

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canal shipping canal

The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.

Aliases (1)

Rhein–Herne-Kanal ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal → shipping canal →
alsoKnownAs	Rhein–Herne-Kanal →
connectsRegion	eastern Germany → northern Germany → western Germany →
connectsTo	Datteln–Hamm Canal → Dortmund–Ems Canal → German inland waterway network → Rhine → Weser–Datteln Canal →
constructionStart	1906 →
country	Germany →
endPoint	Herne →
hasBridge	Nordstern Bridge →
hasLock	Gelsenkirchen lock → Herne lock → Oberhausen lock → Wanne-Eickel lock →
hasPort	Duisburg port facilities → Gelsenkirchen port → Herne port →
hasStructure	canal bridges → locks → weirs →
importance	major industrial transport route in Germany →
length	about 45 kilometres →
locatedIn	North Rhine-Westphalia → Ruhr area →
locatedInBasin	Rhine basin →
managedBy	Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes →
navigationType	commercial shipping →
opened	1914 →
partOf	Rhine waterway system →
passesThrough	Bottrop → Essen NERFINISHED → Gelsenkirchen NERFINISHED → Oberhausen NERFINISHED → Recklinghausen district →
primaryUse	freight transport →
regionServed	Ruhr industrial region →
startPoint	Duisburg NERFINISHED →
status	navigable →
usedFor	chemical industry supply → coal transport → steel industry supply →
waterwayClass	federal waterway of Germany →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rhine–Herne Canal ("Rhein–Herne-Kanal") →	alsoKnownAs
Rhine →	connectedByCanal