Rhine-Main-Danube Canal
The Main-Danube Canal took us from Kelheim to Bamberg. The canal was completed in 1992 and is 171 km (106 miles) long.
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On this cruise, the ship passed through 66 locks, 14 on the Danube River, 16 on the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, 34 on the Main River and 2 on the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal.
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This graph shows the elevations on the section from Würzburg to Passau going through 53 stepwise locks. The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal goes from Kelheim to Bamberg.
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The following photgraphs are of our traversal of the 59 foot lock at Kreigenbrunn. Here we are waiting for a barge to leave the lock.
Now it is open for us.
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We sail in with less than a foot to spare on either side.
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The water is being drained from the lock.
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It is now almost to the level of the water at the other side.
The lock is beginning to open.
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It is now open far enough for us to leave the lock, 59 feet lower than we were when we started.