Maximum height above sea level 49 ft (15 m) Branch of Wilhelmina Canal Date completed 1939 Date of first use 1940 | Status Open Branch(es) Discharge Canal Province North Brabant Construction began 1930 | |
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Start point Wilhelminakanaal near Best, Netherlands | ||
The Beatrix Canal (Dutch: Beatrixkanaal) is an 8.4 km long canal in the southern Netherlands. It was constructed to provide the city of Eindhoven with access to the Wilhelmina Canal.
Map of Beatrix Canal, Netherlands
In order to be able to regulate the level of the Gender and Dommel streams, which regularly threatened to flood Eindhoven's inner city, an additional Discharge Canal (Afwateringskanaal), which is not open to navigation, was dug to connect the Beatrix Canal and the Dommel stream. Into this branch, the Gender now discharges.
Upon completion, the canal was named in honour of the newborn eldest daughter of the heiress apparent to the Dutch throne, Princess Beatrix.
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