Princess Beatrix Lock

river lock builder
Category
Construction, Europe, Hertogenbosch
Tertiary Intractions
Construction, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Nieuwegein

Primary intrication¹

  • Princess Beatrix Lock is a complex of locks built by Hertogenbosch in the urban municipality of Nieuwegein with three drains
  • Princess Beatrix Lock is the maritime link between the Lek river and the Amsterdam-Rhine canal
  • Princess Beatrix Lock were the first building in the Netherlands to be named in 1938 after Princess Beatrix who was born

 

Secondary

  • A lock is a hydraulic work of art installed in a canal or a watercourse to make it navigable and allow boats to cross unevennesses
  • Some dams or sluices were also intended to protect a river or a city from the effects of the tide
  • Princess Beatrix Lock includes an airlock in which the water level can be varied. It is isolated from the upstream and downstream reaches by gates

 

Hank Nieuwboer
Hertogenbosch
CONSTRUCTOR, EUROPE, 'S-Hertogenbosch, NETHERLANDS, TRAINER
BUILDER
Graafsebaan 65, 5248 JT Rosmalen NETHERLANDS
073 - 543 51 11
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