Lock · Merwedekanaal (bezuiden de Lek) · Netherlands

Grote Merwedesluis

Name: Grote Merwedesluis
Address: NL

Grote Merwedesluis is a lock on Merwedekanaal (bezuiden de Lek), Netherlands. Its chamber is 100.00 m long and 11.80 m wide; the waterway's published maximum draught there is 2.80 m (EuRIS Locks_v2, 2026-10-08).

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Published figures

Chamber length x width: 100.00 m x 11.80 mEuRIS Locks_v2, 2026-10-08
Chamber draught: -EuRIS Locks_v2, 2026-10-08
Depth over the sill: 4.00 mbelow the held water level, shallower of the two headsRijkswaterstaat FIS, 2026-10-08
Chamber operation time: 30 minEuRIS Locks_v2, 2026-10-08
Contact telephone: 0183-633308 / fax 0183-634415EuRIS Locks_v2, 2026-10-08

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