Germany Kiel Canal LEVENSAU Rendsberg,City Plan,1894 Antique Colour Map

HISTORICAL CHART MAP

The Kiel Canal (in German Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, until 1948 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) is a 98 kilometre (61 mile) long waterway in the German Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein that links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel, to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. An average of 280 nautical miles (519 kilometers) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around Jutland. This not only saves time, but avoids potentially dangerous storm-prone seas. It is the world's busiest artificial waterway. The first connection between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea was the Eider Canal, which used stretches of the Eider River for the link between the two seas. The Eiderkanal was completed in 1784 and was a 43 kilometre (27 mile) part of a 175 kilometre (109 mile) long waterway from Kiel to the Eider mouth at Tönning on the west coast. It was only twenty-nine metres (95 feet) wide with a depth of three metres (10 feet), which limited the vessels that could transit the canal to 300 tonnes displacement. A combination of naval interests—the German navy wanted to link its bases in the Baltic and the North Sea without sailing around Denmark—and commercial pressure encouraged the development of a new canal.In June 1887, construction works started at Holtenau near Kiel. It took the 9,000 workers eight years to build. On June 20, 1895 the canal was officially opened by Kaiser Wilhelm II for transiting from Brunsbüttel to Holtenau. A ceremony was held in Holtenau where Wilhelm II named it the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal, and laid the final stone. SHOWS THE BRIDGE AT LEVENSAU AND THE RAILROAD BRIDGE AT RENDSBURG

1890s Wood Engraving, Antique Map

Approximate Overall Size: 6 X 9 1/2 inches

CONDITION: Book Plate Map - Excellent Condition. As Scanned. German Text. Beautiful with excellent detail. Text on the back