The Britz Canal, or Britzer Verbindungskanal in

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, is a long

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. The canal was built between 1900 and 1906, and was previously known as the Britz Branch Canal or Britzer Zweigkanal. The canal provides a shortcut for shipping from the

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and Neukölln Ship Canal directly to the

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, as well as serving several inner city ports. It has no locks.

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