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ix. shipping and navigation.
the passage of up to 5’6 m. deapgoing vessels, but providing for larger lock
dimensions. The Riksdag furthermore has assigned a certain amount for the
dredging of the south part of the canal to the corresponding depht, with the
main reason though to obtain necessary fill for the railway-works mentioned
above. This decision is also indicative of the interest in water communication
which has been perceptible of låte. That an improvement, on modern lines,
of the water communication between that big inland lake and the Baltic is of
paramount importance, and is a question which can no longer be put by the
board is attested not only by the purchase just alluded to, and by the keen
interest displayed in the project and its probable consequences by the towns on
Lake Mälaren and the tradesmen and industrial classes in the country round
it, but also by the plans which the City of Stockholm has long been nursing
to provide a canal for large vessels, south of Stockholm via Lake Hammarby
and the bay of Årsta. This question hangs together with the proposals for
shorter approaches to Stockholm, as, for instance, through the Moranedet, through
Sågsjön (Baggensfjärden to Halvkakssundet), through Ålstäket, and other routes.
Other signs pointing in the same direction are the works just completed for
the extension of the Dalsland Canal from Stora Le to Lake östen and the
project, now under consideration, for the construction of the Nyköping canal,
which is intended to place the Södermanland lakes, Båven, Lidsjön, Yngaren,
Långhalsen and others, in communication with the Baltic. Further have of låte
several towns and cities submitted to the Government on investigations with
regard to the rebuilding of the Göta Canal into a watercourse answering to the
claims of the time. Other less ambitious canal projects are in progress of
execution, or under discussion.
Photo. Nils G. Ahlin, Håverud.
The Dalsland Canal, the Aqueduct at Håverud.
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