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canals and waterways.
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immediately commenced at the Göta älv. Owing to the Kings death that same
year, the project though was abandoned. In the eighteenth century repeated
attempts were made to carry out the enterprise with the aid of the State, and
at Trollhättan traces of the works for this canal are still visible; in the first
place Polhem’s Lock, which affords abundant testimony to the genius and
daring imagination of the projector. The canal which was completed in 1800
was executed by a private company, which however, was aided and favoured
in many respects by the State. In similar way most of the great canal projects
during the first half of the nineteenth century were carried into execution.
The Göta Canal between Lake Vänern and the Baltic was completed in 1832.
As it had been given greater lock dimensions than the Trollhätte Canal, claims
were naturally advanced that the latter should be rebuilt to the same
measurements as the Göta Canal. These proposals were even carried into effect in
1838—1844 by a new company which replaced the old one. The works were
executed under the superintendence of Nils Ericson, famous both as a canal
and as a railway engineer. The canal, thus rebuilt, is still in use as even the
flight of locks at Trollhättan, remaining from the old canal continually utilizes
after more than hundred years. At present the Trollhätte Canal is being subjected
to a drastic reconstruction (see below).
Another old canal, still in use, is the Södertälje Canal, which was
constructed under the superintendence of Nordevall from 1806 to 1819.
The Göta Canal from Söderköping to Motala and from Karlsborg to Sjötorp
on Lake Vänern was in process of construction from 1809 to 1832. It owed
its existence chiefly to the vigorous efforts of Baltzar von Platen, who devoted
all his energy to this part of Sweden’s "blue ribbon". The enterprise, magni-
Tlie oldest Flight of Locks at Trollhättan.
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