The Strömsholm Canal ( sv, Strömsholms kanal) runs from
Smedjebacken to
Lake Mälaren
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...
near
Strömsholm. It is long with 26 locks, and consists of a string of lakes connected by short manmade cuts.
The canal took 18 years to build, between 1772 and 1795, to plans laid out by Johan Ullström. The main reason for it was the transport of iron produced by the many steelworks sited along the length of the waterway.
The opening of the Stockholm Wästerås-Bergslagen railway marked the beginning of its decline and today the restored canal is only used by pleasure craft.
Gallery
Stromsholmskanal, Fagersta.jpg, Lock ''Konung Gustav III''
Surahammar sluss 1.jpg, Lock ''Landshövding af Ugglas''
Västanfors sluss 2013a 01.jpg, Lock ''Kronprinsessan Victoria''
Carlxvslussenlookingsouth06280024.jpg, Lock ''Konung Karl XV''
Bibliography
*McKnight, Hugh, ''The Guinness Guide to Waterways of Western Europe'', Guinness (1978)
External links
Strömsholm canal- Official site
Canals in Sweden
Norrström basin
Canals opened in 1795
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