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Lake Vättern (eastern entrance)

 
Motala, Platensgatan, 591 30 Motala, Sweden
 

Lake Vättern (eastern entrance) is on the Göta Waterway (Lake Vättern).

The Göta Waterway (Lake Vättern) was built by Edward Thomas and opened on 17 September 1782. In 1955 the Renfrewshire and Mancester Canal built a branch to join at Longbury. Expectations for iron traffic to Derby were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Göta Waterway (Lake Vättern) were submitted to parliament in 2001, water transfer to the treatment works at Wigan kept it open. In Barry Wood's "500 Miles on The Inland Waterways" he describes his experiences passing through Guildford Aqueduct during a thunderstorm.

The Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Motala Section) was built by James Brindley and opened on January 1 1782. Expectations for limestone traffic to Runford were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. According to Edward Taylor's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Willfield Aqueduct is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

Information about the place
Lake Vättern (eastern entrance) is a minor waterways place at the junction of Göta Waterway (Lake Vättern) with the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Motala Section).
 
Norra Vägen Bridge is on the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Rödesund Section), 31.86 kilometres to the west. Lake Boren (eastern entrance) is on the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Berg to Borensberg), 15.74 kilometres and 6 locks to the east.
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Norra Vägen Bridge is Motala Bridge; 1.19 kilometres away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Lake Boren (eastern entrance) is Bispmotalagatan Bridge; 0.26 kilometres away.

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 VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners
 
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Wikipedia has a page about Lake Vättern

Vättern ( VET-ərn, Swedish: [ˈvɛ̌tːɛɳ]) is the second largest lake by surface area in Sweden, after Vänern, and the sixth largest lake in Europe. It is a long, finger-shaped body of fresh water in south central Sweden, to the southeast of Vänern, pointing at the tip of Scandinavia.

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[Vättern] Vättern (/ˈvɛtərn/ VET-ərn, Swedish: [ˈvɛ̌tːɛɳ]) is the second largest lake by surface area in Sweden, after Vänern, and the sixth largest lake in Europe [John Bauer (illustrator)] drowned, together with Ester and their son Bengt, in a shipwreck on Lake Vättern in southern Sweden. John Bauer was born and raised in Jönköping, the [Jönköping] Jönköping is situated at the southern end of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipality [Vänern] by Göta älv, which forms part of the Göta Canal waterway, to Lake Viken into Lake Vättern, southeast across Sweden. The economic opportunities Vänern offers [Lake Ladoga] is genetically close to the chars of Lake Sommen and Lake Vättern in southern Sweden. In the Middle Ages, the lake formed a vital part of the trade route [Östergötland] the south into Lake Roxen at Linköping. The eastern part of Göta Canal traverses the province from the Baltic Sea at Mem to Lake Vättern at Motala. Highest [List of wars involving Sweden] documented to have been accepted by both the Swedes around Lake Mälaren and by the Geats around Lake Vättern. The modern state of Sweden considers itself to have [East Vättern Scarp Landscape Biosphere Reserve] Vättern Scarp Landscape contains many parallel fault scarps, most notably a steep western-facing precipice above the eastern border of Lake Vättern. [Husqvarna Vapenfabrik] a Swedish firearms manufacturing company in the town of Huskvarna by lake Vättern. In 1689 the manager at the nearby state arsenal in Jönköping, Erik Dahlbergh [Visingsö] Visingsö is an island in the southern half of Lake Vättern in Sweden. Visingsö lies 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of the city Jönköping and 6 kilometres
 
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