Kiel-Canal

[Dierk Bauer]

Postcards of the locks at Kiel-Holtenau

[Dierk Bauer]

Kiel-Canal

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]

Kiel-Canal

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]

Kiel-Canal

Entering the locks at Brunsb?ttel onboard Icebreaker STETTIN last Sunday

[grahme]

Kiel Canal

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]

Kiel-Canal

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