Schleuse Fürstenberg/Havel, Navigation lock in Fürstenberg/Havel, Germany.
Schleuse Fürstenberg is a lock on the Upper Havel Waterway at kilometre 60.70, in Fürstenberg/Havel in the Oberhavel district. It sits between the Röblinsee and the Baalensee, east of the road bridge carrying the B96. The lock was rebuilt between September 2009 and June 2010 at a cost of about 7 million euros, paid by the federal waterways administration.
A 2004 inspection found considerable structural defects throughout the lock. In 2009 the contract for a new build was awarded, and reconstruction was carried out between September 2009 and June 2010 at a cost of about 7 million euros, borne by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration.
The lock sits on the Upper Havel Waterway at kilometre 60.70, between the Röblinsee and the Baalensee, just east of the B96 road bridge. Freight shipping no longer uses this waterway; it is travelled by only a few small passenger boats, so sport boats of all sizes and classes dominate the traffic passing through the chamber.
The lock sits at kilometre 60.70 of the Upper Havel Waterway, between the Röblinsee and the Baalensee, east of the B96 road bridge. It was rebuilt between September 2009 and June 2010 at a cost of about 7 million euros, paid by the federal waterways administration. Freight shipping no longer uses this waterway, so traffic is mostly sport boats of all sizes.
The lock sits at kilometre 60.70 of the Upper Havel Waterway, between the Röblinsee and the Baalensee, just east of the B96 road bridge. A 2004 inspection found serious structural defects throughout the whole structure, leading to a complete rebuild carried out between September 2009 and June 2010 at a cost of about 7 million euros, paid by the federal waterways administration.
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