Country Poland County Augustów Operation Manual Address Kanał Augustowski, Poland Waterway Augustów Canal | State Podlaskie Maintained by RZGW First built 1826-1827 Phone +48 22 587 02 11 | |
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Swoboda Lock is the seventh lock on the Augustów Canal (from the Biebrza). It is situated amidst the Augustów Forest near Lake Studzieniczne. Built between 1826 and 1827 by Lt.-Col. Eng. Jan Paweł Lelewel. In the 1960s has undergone modernization involving the replacement of original wooden gates with metal crank-driven mechanism raised, reinforced concrete bridge was built a distinctive and concreting awanportu. New system to move the gates did not work and was later by one of the membranes removed, and replaced the original system of drawbars.
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