Trollhätte canal

Canal line from 1844

The canal from 1800 was a great and impressing enterprise and had an enorm impact on trade and industry around lake Vänern and on Gothenburg, but also for the whole country.
But in 1832 Göta Canal between the Baltic Sea and lake Vänern was inaugurated. That canal was built for bigger ships than Trollhätte canal and soon it was evident that Trollhätte canal had to be enlarged.
The works started in 1838, lead by Nils Ericson, and in 1844 the new canal line was ready for use. It was built as a spearate line beside the line from 1800 and it was in use until 1916.

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The upper flight of locks with three locks.

The start of the canal line is hidden behind a modern bridge.	The most uppstream lock.	The most downstream lock. In the background you can see the waiting quay for ships on the modern canal.	The flight of locks seen from the waiting quay.

The middle flight of locks with four locks.

The locks seen from a bridge
above the most upstream lock.
The locks seen from
the little lake downstreams.

The middle flight of locks with four locks.

The locks seen from a bridge above the most upstream lock.	The locks seen from the little lake downstreams.

The lower flight of locks with four locks.

The most upstream lock
seen towards upstreams.
The flight of locks
seen from the top.
The lowest lock seen
from the outlet.

The lower flight of locks with four locks.

The most upstream lock seen towards upstreams.	The flight of locks seen from the top.	The lowest lock seen from the outlet.

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