Hořínské zdymadlo
Czechia
Stand on the bridge at Hořín and the first thing to grasp is the drop. The water on one side sits 8.5 metres higher than the water on the other, and this lock exists to lift boats and lower them across that gap. That makes it the highest navigation step on the stretch between Prague and Mělník. It sits on the lateral navigation canal that runs from Vraňany to Mělník, the next lock downstream on the Vltava after Miřejovice, and its job is to overcome the head of water held back by the weir at Vraňany.
- Written with AI from the Wikipedia article Zdymadlo Hořín (cs.wikipedia.org); facts only from there
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