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    / 58.49827; 16.17332 The Göta Canal (Swedish: Göta kanal) is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. The canal is 190 km (120 mi) long,...
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    He was also made chairman of the Göta Canal directorate charged with constructing a canal across Sweden. The canal, following a design by Thomas Telford...
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    artificial parts are called Trollhätte Canal. The river and the canal is part of a mostly inland waterway, Göta Canal, which spans the width of Sweden to...
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    Trollhätte Canal (Swedish: Trollhätte kanal) is a canal in Sweden. Trollhätte Canal connects the Göta river with the lake Vänern. The canal was opened...
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    Swedish gymnast Göta, Sweden Göta älv, a river in Sweden Göta älvbron, a bridge in Gothenburg Göta Canal, a waterway in Sweden Göta Court of Appeal,...
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  • Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen? (English: Göta Canal or Who Pulled the Plug?) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on...
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    largest lakes in Sweden not to drain out to the eastern coastline. The Göta Canal built in the 19th century forms a waterway that runs to Vättern wholly...
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    preserved from the Middle Age. The Göta Canal crosses the province East-West with several locks and the Kinda Canal connects the lakes in the southern...
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    Lina (Färjan Lina) is the world's shortest regular ferry. It crosses the Göta Canal, in Sweden, taking about 25–30 seconds to do so. The ferry is powered...
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    When the Göta Canal was built in the early 19th century, Motala became an important town for the trade on the canal. The builder of the canal, Baltzar...
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    in Sweden. The company was founded in 1822 during the construction of Göta Canal. Motala Verkstad has also built about 400 ships, 800 bridges (e.g. Västerbron...
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  • inhabitants in 2010. In Lyrestad the Kinnekullebanan railway crosses the Göta Canal. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010"...
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    from the city Motala where it begins. In the early 19th century, the Göta Canal was constructed in parallel with Motala ström. "Motala ström". Nationalencyklopedin...
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  • Göta kanal 2 – Kanalkampen (English: Göta Canal 2 - Canal Battle) is a comedy film directed by Pelle Seth. It is a sequel to Göta kanal eller Vem drog...
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    Plans to extend the canal west of Örebro to Lake Vänern and further to Göta älv were never realized (hilly area). Instead Göta Canal, located further south...
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    railway station Göta Canal—Sister canal in Sweden "Skipper's Guide Caledonian Canal" (PDF). www.scottishcanals.co.uk. Scottish Canals. Archived from the...
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    the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010. "Göta kanal official website". Göta Canal. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved...
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  • Swedish female name Gota Cola, a three piece band from Brisbane Göta Lejon, a theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, located in Södermalm Göta Ljungberg (1898–1955)...
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    Special sights of interests are: the locks of Berg on the Göta Canal, the locks of the Kinda Canal, Gamla Linköping, Valla skogen and Valla fritidsområde...
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    (1802–1870). The further construction of the Göta Canal enabled larger boats to pass through Trollhätte Canal. Trollhättan Church (Trollhättans Kyrka) belongs...
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    lock had been made at Trollhättan in Sweden on the line of the present Göta canal. The fall would have been 16 metres (52 ft), astonishing in 1749. However...
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    which has developed from the Latin sonus.[citation needed] Kiel Canal Göta Canal Eider Canal List of islands of Denmark March across the Belts Denmark 1:500...
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    the Baltic Sea, but also has a downstream connection since 1832 through Göta Canal to Vänern and the Kattegat tributary of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has...
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  • Göta kanal 3: Kanalkungens hemlighet (English: Göta Canal 3: The Canal King's Secret) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden...
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    Sweden, east of Lake Vättern, part of the waterpath Motala ström and the Göta Canal. South of Lake Roxen is the city Linköping. Roxen, especially the western...
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  • $393,000. A number of canals were built in part due to the trouble to pass the Danish straits. Kiel Canal Göta Canal Eider Canal "British and foreign state...
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  • Great Canal Journeys is a British television series in which a pair of presenters take canal barge and narrowboat trips in the United Kingdom, Europe,...
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    Thomas Telford (category British canal engineers)
    Gothenburg and Stockholm. His plans were adopted and construction of the Göta Canal began in 1810. Telford travelled to Sweden at that time to oversee some...
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    spekulativare än Stjärnsund). Polhem also contributed to the construction of Göta Canal, a canal connecting the east and west coasts of Sweden. Together with Charles...
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    trading centre. Söderköping stands at the eastern end of the Göta Canal, a 390-km long canal opened in 1832 to connect Gothenburg to the Baltic Sea by inland...
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