The Volkeraksluizen River Locks, Willemstad
The Volkeraksluizen are a complex of three locks, for professional shippinl, side by side, four sluices and a yacht lock, located in the Volkerakdam between the Hollands Diep and Volkerak near Willemstad. The waterway is an important link in the Schelde-Rhine Canal and is CEMT-class VIb. The locks are the biggest inland locks of Europe and based on passing tonnage (over about 240 million tonnes), the largest inland locks in the world.
Aerial photo ID: HL-104
Author: Bram van de Biezen
© 2013 Bram van de Biezen
Aerial photo size: 36.2 Mpixels (103 MB uncompressed) - 7360x4912 pixels (24.5x16.3 in / 62.3x41.6 cm at 300 ppi)
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