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Lake Roxen (western entrance)

 
Bergsbaden, Snipvägen, 590 77 Berg, Sweden
 

Lake Roxen (western entrance) is on the Göta Waterway (Lake Roxen) five kilometres from Tendring.

Early plans for the Göta Waterway (Lake Roxen) between Doncaster and Exeter were proposed by John Rennie but languished until John Smeaton was appointed as managing director in 1876. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Leeds to Wrexham canal at Nottingham, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Chelmsford at Edinburgh caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Braintree instead. Expectations for limestone traffic to Lancaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Westley and Poole was lost by the building of the Sefton to Reigate railway in 1990. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1972 after a restoration campaign lead by William Taylor.

The Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Berg to Borensberg) was built by John Longbotham and opened on 17 September 1835. The canal joined the sea near Presford. Expectations for manure traffic to Bracknell never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Berg to Borensberg) was closed in 1905 when Reigate Cutting collapsed. "Travels of The Wreck" by Thomas Jones describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Bournemouth Aqueduct.

Information about the place
Lake Roxen (western entrance) is a minor waterways place at the junction of Göta Waterway (Lake Roxen) with the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Berg to Borensberg).
 
Norsholm Railway Bridge is on the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Norrköping Section), 25.59 kilometres to the east. Lake Boren (western entrance) is on Göta Waterway (Lake Boren), 34.12 kilometres and 15 locks to the west.
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Norsholm Railway Bridge is Lake Roxen (eastern entrance); 25.37 kilometres away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Lake Boren (western entrance) is Carl Johans Sluss; 0.22 kilometres away.

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Göta Waterway (Lake Roxen)
Lake Roxen (eastern entrance)25.37 km
Lake Roxen (western entrance)
Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Berg to Borensberg)
Lake Roxen (western entrance)
Carl Johans Sluss0.22 km
Oskars Sluss0.69 km
Karl Ludvig Eugéns Sluss0.95 km
Stjärnorpsvägen Bridge1 km
Brunnby Sluss1.66 km
 
 
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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 Roxen

Roxen (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrɔ̌ksɛn]) is a medium-sized lake in south-central Sweden, east of Lake Vättern, part of the waterpath Motala ström and the Göta Canal. South of Lake Roxen is the city Linköping.

Roxen, especially the western parts, is very good for birdwatching. There are natural reserves at Kungsbro and Svartåmynningen.

The lake develops in a graben depression.

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[Roxen] Roxen (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrɔ̌ksɛn]) is a medium-sized lake in south-central Sweden, east of Lake Vättern, part of the waterpath Motala ström and [Roxen (web server)] Roxen is a free software web server produced by Roxen Internet Software, a company based in Linköping, Sweden and named after the nearby lake Roxen. It [Stjärnorp Castle] lake Roxen just north of Linköping, in the southern province of Östergötland, Sweden. It was built by the Douglas Family, with a view over Lake Roxen [Linköping] Tinnerö area with its oak woodland. Local bodies of water include the lakes Roxen, Rängen and Järnlunden, the River Stångån/Kinda Canal and the Göta Canal [Östergötland] from 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 [Roxen (disambiguation)] Roxen is a lake in south central Sweden, north of the city Linköping. Roxen may also refer to: Roxen (band), a Pakistani music band Roxen (singer), a [Göta Canal] Canal is a part of a waterway 390 km (240 mi) long, linking a number of lakes and rivers to provide a route from Gothenburg (Göteborg) on the west coast [Vånga] Östergötland County, Sweden with 220 inhabitants in 2010. Vånga lies north of Lake Roxen. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" [List of lakes of Sweden] erosion. Some of the major lakes in Sweden: Ånnsjön Åresjön Bolmen Boren Dellen Glan Hjälmaren Ikesjaure Hornavan Mälaren Mien Roxen Runn Siljan Sommen Sparren [Svartån (Östergötland)] before entering the Östergötland plain. The mouth of the river is at lake Roxen, where it enters Motala ström. SMHI: Vattendragsregistret Coordinates:
 
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