Novoladozhsky Canal (Emperor Alexander II) is a gateway-free waterway along the southern shore of Lake Ladoga , connecting the Volkhov and Neva rivers. It was built in 5 years, from 1861 to 1866, parallel to the shallow and decrepit Staroladozhsky channel of the times of Peter the Great . Before the October Revolution, it was called after the emperor Alexander II the Liberator .
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Leningrad region | ||
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| Length | 111 km | ||
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| Head | Volkhov | ||
| Mouth | Neva | ||
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History
- In 1826, due to severe drought, navigation along the Old Ladoga Canal completely stopped and therefore new granite locks were built in Shlisselburg . In Novaya Ladoga , steam pumps were installed (with a capacity of 310 m³ per day), which pumped water from Volkhov into the canal.
In the same year, surveys were carried out and several projects for deepening the canal were compiled. But not a single contractor took up the work. In this regard, the Department of Land and Waterways decided to build a new canal on its own, but without locks and with dimensions: the width of the mirror ~ 36 m, the bottom - 26 m, the depth at the lowest level in the lake - 1.8 m .
- Construction began on May 28, 1861, and on September 1, 1866, the canal was opened for ship traffic. The new channel was called Novoladozhsky, it runs parallel to the old one, closer to Lake Ladoga. The length of 111 km. The estimated cost of 4.6 million rubles. Some sources report that on this channel there was a levy (wash) in the amount of 0.5% of the value of the cargo.
- 1890-1896 during the reorganization of the Mariinsky system, "channel improvement was handed over to engineer Iolshin for the amount of 1,400,842 rubles." Work was carried out on clearing from influxes and sediments to a width of 12 soot. along the bottom and to a depth of 10 quarters of arshin at the lowest horizon of Lake Ladoga waters.
- In the 1970s, the river high-speed passenger ship Zarya-104 cruised along the Novoladozhsky Canal on the Leningrad – Novaya Ladoga line [2] .
- Currently, the Novoladozh Canal is used for the movement of small and medium displacement vessels and the sludge of larger vessels during the inter-navigation period.
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 2. Karelia and the North-West / ed. E.N. Tarakanova. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1965 .-- 700 p.
- ↑ Filippov I. Dawn-104 // Vodnik of Karelia. 1976.October 14.
Literature
- Zhitkov S. M. A historical review of the structure and maintenance of waterways and ports in Russia over a century of 1798-1898. SPb. 1900
- Petrashen I.V. Mariinsky system. 1810-1910. SPb. 1910
- On the waterways of the North-West. Guide. G.E. Evgeniev (Pashchenko). L .: "River transport." 1958
- Volgo-Balt. From the Volga to the Baltic. Album. Autostate: V.V. Lapin, A.N. Chistikov. SPb .: “Faces of Russia”. 2004 year
- Mariinsky water system. Outstanding waterworks in the world. Author-comp. Chistikov A. N. SPb .: “Faces of Russia”. 2011 year
Links
- Volkhov and the south coast of Ladoga. . web.archive.org . Date of treatment January 11, 2019.
- Staroladozhsky and Novoladozhsky channels (inaccessible link) . map.infoflot.ru . Date of treatment January 11, 2019. Archived August 3, 2018.
- city SHLISSELBURG 3 . www.mccme.ru . Date of treatment January 11, 2019.
- Map with a section of the channel that flows into the Neva . web.archive.org . Date of treatment January 11, 2019.