Examining the cables which drag the boats in their trolley across dry land

Elblag Ostroda Canal

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June 25th 2019
25 June 2017 The reason we stayed at Elblag is because it is the Northern terminus of the 82 k canal which links several lakes and finishes in the town of Ostroda. The canal needed to climb 100m in a 10km stretch and to achieve this the engineers built a series of 5 slipways up which boats are dragged on a rail-mounted trolley working on the principle of a funicular. We drove to one of t ... read more

Europe » Poland

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Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of ... ... read more