Bydgoszcz Canal

Bydgoszcz Canal
View in the west of Bydgoszcz
Specifications
Length	24.77 km (15.39 miles)
Maximum boat length	57 m (187 ft 0 in)
Maximum boat beam	9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Locks	6
History
Modern name	Polish: Kanał Bydgoski
Principal engineer	Franz von Brenkenhoff
Construction began	1773
Date of first use	14 June 1774
Date completed	1775
Date extended	1904
Geography
Start point	Bydgoszcz,  Poland
End point	Nakło nad Notecią,  Poland
Branch(es)	Old Bydgoszcz Canal
Branch of	European Waterway E70
Connects to	Warta river

53°08′22″N 17°45′53″E / 53.139435°N 17.764793°E / 53.139435; 17.764793

Bydgoszcz Canal (German: Bromberger Kanal) is a canal, 24.7 km long, between the cities of Bydgoszcz and Nakło in Poland, connecting the Vistula river with the river Oder, through the Brda and the Noteć rivers (the latter ending in the Warta river which itself ends in Oder). The level difference along the canal is regulated by 6 locks. The canal was built in 1772–1775, at the order of Frederick II, king of Prussia (after annexation of western Poland by Kingdom of Prussia in First Partition of Poland).

The Bydgoszcz Canal has been listed on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List, Nr.A/900/1-27, on 30 November 2005.^[1]