Dębowo Lock - the first lock

Lock (water transport)

A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. The distinguishing feature of a lock is a fixed chamber in which the water level can be varied; whereas in a caisson lock, a boat lift, or on a canal inclined plane, it is...

 on the Augustów Canal

Augustów Canal

The Augustów Canal is a cross-border canal built in the 19th century in the present-day Podlaskie Voivodeship of northeastern Poland and the Hrodna Voblast of north-western Belarus...

 (from the Biebrza

Biebrza

Biebrza is a river in north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew river , with a length of 155 kilometres and the basin area of 7,057 km2...

) near the village of Dębowo

Debowo, Augustów County

Dębowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztabin, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Sztabin, south of Augustów, and north of the regional capital Białystok....

 in the administrative district of Gmina Sztabin

Gmina Sztabin

Gmina Sztabin is a rural gmina in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Sztabin, which lies approximately south-east of Augustów and north of the regional capital Białystok....

, within Augustów County

Augustów County

Augustów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest...

, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Podlaskie Voivodeship

Podlaskie Voivodeship , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusssian Voblasts of Grodno and Brest to the east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and...

, in north-eastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. It lies approximately 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Sztabin

Sztabin

Sztabin , is a village in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Sztabin. It lies approximately south-east of Augustów and north of the regional capital Białystok....

, 27 km (17 mi) south of Augustów

Augustów

Augustów is a town in north-eastern Poland with 29,600 inhabitants . It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , having previously been in Suwałki Voivodeship . It is the seat of Augustów County and of Gmina Augustów.In 1970 Augustów became...

, and 58 km (36 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

As part of the Augustów Canal

Augustów Canal

The Augustów Canal is a cross-border canal built in the 19th century in the present-day Podlaskie Voivodeship of northeastern Poland and the Hrodna Voblast of north-western Belarus...

 the lock was the first waterway (Summit level canal

Summit level canal

A summit level canal is an artificial waterway connecting two separate river valleys. It was an essential step in developing transport systems connecting different parts of a country before the railways or modern road transport....

) in Central Europe

Central Europe

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 to provide a direct link between the two major rivers, Vistula River and the Neman River

Neman River

Neman or Niemen or Nemunas, is a major Eastern European river rising in Belarus and flowing through Lithuania before draining into the Curonian Lagoon and then into the Baltic Sea at Klaipėda. It is the northern border between Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast in its lower reaches...

, and it provided a link with the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...

 to the south through the Oginski Canal

Oginski Canal

The Oginski Canal is a canal in Belarus which connects Yaselda River and Shchara River of length 54 km. Its construction was started in 1765 by count Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, hence the name....

, Dnieper River

Dnieper River

The Dnieper River is one of the major rivers of Europe that flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea.The total length is and has a drainage basin of .The river is noted for its dams and hydroelectric stations...

, Berezina Canal and Dvina River. It is currently a conservation protection zone proposed by Poland for inscription onto the World Heritage List of UNESCO

UNESCO

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.

single-chamber, - concrete brick. From the devastation of war was renovated in 1946, and in the years 1997-2003 were subjected to a thorough renovation. Difference of 3.11 m. The water level lockable wooden door.

Cell dimensions 43.56 x 6.04 m. Hand drive. In the vicinity of the sluice and weir valvular vent used to propel a small hydropower plant. Part of the team locks are buildings from the early twentieth century lock

• Location: 0.35 kilometer
• Level difference: 2.07 m
• Length: 43.9 m
• Width: 6.10 m
• Gates: Wood
  Wood
  Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
  
  
• Years Constructed: 1826-1827
• Project manager: Lieutenant. Eng. Michael Przyrembel