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Iffezheim Lock
Lock entrance from the downriver side, looking roughly south- Looking south and upriver over the eastern basin.
east.
The Iffezheim Lock (German: Schleuse Iffezheim) is a river References
lock on the Rhine near Iffezheim in Baden-Württemberg, [1] Annual Report 2003 (from the Leibniz-institute for
Germany. The two passages of the lock serve to allow Waterbody Ecology and Freshwater Fisheries (IGB)
ships and barges to bypass the hydropower station on the website, 2003, Page 85. Accessed 2008-03-02.)
French side of the river. [2] Schleuse Iffezheim (from the Water- and Shipping
It is one of the heaviest-used locks in Germany, with a Agency Freiburg website, in German. Accessed
daily average of 107 commercial vessels passing through 2008-03-02.)
in 2003 and 30 million shipping tonnes per year. The Coordinates: 48°49′56″N 8°06′47″E / 48.832125°N
chambers of the double lock have usable areas of 24 x 8.11306°E / 48.832125; 8.11306
270 m. The lock is open for passage 24/7/365 and shuttles
ships up or down with a water exchange rate of 165 m³/s
per chamber, achieving a rise or fall of 1.5 m per minute.
The lock retains at least 3.5 m water depth during normal
low-water conditions.[1][2]
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