The locks on the western section

21 locks between lake Vättern and lake Vänern

Place

Elevation

Number of locks/chambers

Build year

Name *

Picture

Forsvik

3,5

1

1811 - 1813

Carl XIII

Tåtorp

Levellock, 0,2 m

1

1814

Daniel Thunberg

Hajstorps övre

5 m

2

1822

Thomas Telford

Hajstorps nedre

5,1 m

2

1821

Krigsmakten

Riksberg

7,5 m

3

1819 - 1820

Baltzar Bogislaus von Platen

Godhögen

5,1 m

2

1822

Vetenskaperna

Norrkvarns övre

2,9 m

1

1821

Slöjderna

Norrkvarns nedre

2,9 m

1

1822

Samuel Bagge

Sjötorp 7 och 8

4,6 m

2

1822

Bergsbruket, respektive Handeln

Sjötorp 6

2,4 m

1

1820

Jordbruket

Sjötorp 4 och 5

4,8 m

2

1819 - 1820

Borgare, repektive Bönder

Sjötorp 2 och 3

4,8 m

2

1816, respektive 1817

Adel, respektive Präster

Sjötorp 1

2,9

1

1817

Konstitutionen


* The names stated here are the names givven to the lockstations when they were built. But these names are never used, and hardly even known, today. The names used today are the place-names stated in the column at far left in this table.

 

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