A RHINE-DANUBE SHIP CANAL.
运河作为内陆沟通的一种手段is by no means obsolete is well demonstrated by the fact that there is at present under discussion a project for a ship canal from the Rhine to the Danube, which, if constructed, will prove the most important waterway in Europe. The proposition involves the dredging of the Neckar from Mannheim, where it flows into the Rhine, to Heilbroun, and thence to Cannstatt or Essingen and Neckarems, so that it would be navigable for steamers and barges of considerable draught. The distance would be 110 miles, and the expense is estimated at about $10,000,000. From Neckarems to the Danube, a distance of seventy-one and one-half miles, the beds of the Rems, Kocher and Brenz, all small streams, would be followed, and there would be required a considerable amount of excavation and engineering work, such as lock construction, which is expected to cost about $25,000,000. There would be a certain amount of waterpower available from the various locks and feeders of the canal. The commercial advantages following the construction of such a canal are readily apparent—it would bring the various states of Germany and other parts of Europe into much closer relation. For example, Bavaria would be connected not only with the Upper Rhine district, but also with the French and Alsace-Lorraine canal system, while to the east it would gain access to Russia, AustriaHungary, and the Balkan peninsula.
运河作为内陆沟通的一种手段is by no means obsolete is well demonstrated by the fact that there is at present under discussion a project for a ship canal from the Rhine to the Danube, which, if constructed, will prove the most important waterway in Europe. The proposition involves the dredging of the Neckar from Mannheim, where it flows into the Rhine, to Heilbroun, and thence to Cannstatt or Essingen and Neckarems, so that it would be navigable for steamers and barges of considerable draught. The distance would be 110 miles, and the expense is estimated at about $10,000,000. From Neckarems to the Danube, a distance of seventy-one and one-half miles, the beds of the Rems, Kocher and Brenz, all small streams, would be followed, and there would be required a considerable amount of excavation and engineering work, such as lock construction, which is expected to cost about $25,000,000. There would be a certain amount of waterpower available from the various locks and feeders of the canal. The commercial advantages following the construction of such a canal are readily apparent—it would bring the various states of Germany and other parts of Europe into much closer relation. For example, Bavaria would be connected not only with the Upper Rhine district, but also with the French and Alsace-Lorraine canal system, while to the east it would gain access to Russia, AustriaHungary, and the Balkan peninsula.
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