Albertkanaal
Early plans of what would become the Albertkanaal were drawn up by James Brindley in 1876 but problems with Bassetlaw Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. From a junction with The River Glen at Teignbridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Liverchester. Expectations for stone traffic to London never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Polecroft power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Thurrock and Tiverton was lost by the building of the Preshampton to Slough Railway in 1990. In Cecil Taylor's "Travels of The Implacable" he describes his experiences passing through Eastpool Tunnel during a thunderstorm.
The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has junctions with the Kanaal Briegden-Neerharen at Albert - Briegden-Neerharen Verbinding; with the Kanaal van Lanaye at Albert - Lanaye Verbinding; with the Kanaal Dessel - Kwaadmechelen at Albert - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding; with the Kanaal van Monsin at Albert - Monsin Verbinding; with the Kanaal Bocholt-Herentals (Main Line) at Albert - Bocholt-Herentals Verbinding; with the Kanaal van Haccourt naar Vise at Albert - Haccourt Verbinding; with the River Nete at Albert - Netekanaal Verbinding and with the Kanaal Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten at Schoten.
AKA. Canal Albert
| Albert - Schelde Verbinding Junction of the River Schelde with the Albert Canal at Antwerp. Extensive docks |
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| Royerssluis | 0.69 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Schoten Junction of Canal d'Antwerpen à Turnhout with Canal Albert |
7.57 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| brug bij Wijnegem | 8.77 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Brug Wijnegem | 10.22 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Sluis Wijnegem | 10.49 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Albert - Netekanaal Verbinding Junction of Canal Albert with the Netekanaal at Viersel |
20.62 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Albert - Bocholt-Herentals Verbinding Junction of Canal Albert with the Canal Bocholt-Herentals at Herentals. |
31.52 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Sluis Olen | 34.67 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Sluis Kwaadmechelen | 53.49 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Albert - Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Verbinding Junction of Canal Albert with the Kanaal Dessel-Kwaadmechelen at Kwaadmechelen |
55.69 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Sluis Hasselt | 80.87 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Sluis Diepenbeek | 85.38 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Sluis Genk | 89.63 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Albert - Briegden-Neerharen Verbinding Junction of Canal Albert with the Kanaal Briegden-Neerharen (leading to the Kanaal Zuid Wilemsvaart) at Briegden. |
103.40 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Albert - Lanaye Verbinding Junction of the Albert Canal with the Kanaal van Lanaye |
114.53 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de Lanaye | 115.18 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de Lixhe | 119.06 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire de Lixhe | 119.58 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Albert - Haccourt Verbinding Junction of the Albert Canal with the Kanaal van Haccourt naar Vise |
119.77 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de Haccourt | 120.79 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de E40 (Canal Albert) | 127.04 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de Wandre (Albertkanaal) | 128.13 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de Milsaucy (Canal Albert) | 129.10 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Albert - Monsin Verbinding Junction of the Albert Canal with the Kanaal van Monsin |
129.77 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont Marexhe | 130.94 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Albert - Meuse Verbinding Junction of the Albert Canal with the River Meuse |
131.54 kilometres | 7 locks |
- 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
Wikipedia has a page about Albertkanaal
The Albert Canal (Dutch: Albertkanaal, French: Canal Albert) is a canal located in northeastern Belgium, which was named for King Albert I of Belgium. The Albert Canal connects Antwerp with Liège, and also the Meuse River with the Scheldt River. It also connects with the Canal Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten, and its total length is 129.5 kilometres (80.5 mi).