St.-Canisius-Twente

**Twentekanaal:** //Characteristics// The blue line in the map is het Twentekanaal. *Shipping class = IV (after 2007: Va) *Year operational = 1938 (connected to Almelo harbor in 1953) *Runs from Almelo/Enschede to the river IJssel *Runs through the provinces of Overijssel and Gelderland in The Netherlands **Twentekanaal in Enschede** Twentekanaal at the Dochterense bridge in the vicinity of Lochem. The Twentekanaal is a canal running through the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel, connecting the three largest cities of the Twente region, Almelo, Hengelo and Enschede to the national network of rivers and canals. Because the canal is forked at Almelo, the canal is officially plural, thus Twentekanalen (Twentecanals).
 * Canals and Rivers in our neighbourhood**
 * Length = 65 km

The Twentekanaal starts at the IJssel North of Zutphen at the village of Eefde and runs through Almen, Lochem, Goor, Delden and Hengelo to Enschede. West of Delden, a fork of the canal runs to Almelo.

Both canals (Zutphen - Enschede and the fork Delden - Almelo) are managed by Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch government body responsible for waterways). The part of the canal Eefde - Delden is 33 kilometres long, the fork Delden - Almelo is 15 kilometres long and the parts of the canal Delden - Hengelo and Hengelo - Enschede are subsequently 9 and 5 kilometres long. The total length of the canal is 65 kilometres. This is Twentekanaal nearby Enschede.

At this moment (between 2004 and 2007), The Twentekanaal is being widened and deepened from a class IV to a class Va waterway. This means that a big Rhine ship (max. 11.50 wide, a draught of 2.70 and a length of 110 metres) can use the canal. A study related to the history of the canal speaks of "a success out of a failure": the economic development as a result of the construction of the canal has been a disappointment, but the canal has had a huge impact on water management. Although the first plan for a canal to Twente dates back to the middle of the 19th century, construction did not start until 1930, after a quarrel of nearly a quarter of a century about eight subjects. The canal was constructed to secure a better supply of raw materials for the textile industry (rough cotton) and for the supply of coal from the mines in Limburg. Most of the canal was constructed as a job project for unemployed workers during the crisis. The canal was largely dug by hand. In 1938 the canal was completed. In 1953 the canal was extended and the fork was constructed, connecting the harbour of Almelo and the Kanaal Almelo-De Haandrik to the Twentekanaal. The Sluice Eefde.
 * History**

Nowadays the canal is used for the transport of sand, gravel, salt and cattle food. In 1996 432.277 ton was loaded and unloaded in Enschede and in 2.322.270 ton in Hengelo. Furthermore, the canal has a recreational function for both sailing and fishing, drainage and the drinking watersupply of Enschede. The drinking water is produced by pumping the water out of the canal at Lonnekerbrug. The water is pumped into the ground and filtered by sand and gravel; the drinking water produced this way, provides 80% of the drinking water needs of Enschede. For the draining purposes of all the streams connected to the canal, the Pumping station in Delden and Eefde are capable of pumping the water out of the canal. The canal is capable of handling 190.000 litres of water per second. S ign calling professional shipping and recreational shipping to get alongOn the part of the canal from Hengelo to Enschede much training of professional rowers takes place. As a result of a few serious accidents between Cargo ships and skiffs a learning and exchange project was started to generate mutual respect and understanding between these two groups. For the professional shipping, all locks have been equipped with warning signs to remind them of the recreational shipping, while the rowers where invited to take a look at the bridge of a cargo ship and experience the controls of these ships.
 * Current function**

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The Canal Sluice at EefdeThe total height difference between Zutphen and Enschede is 21 metres. To bridge this difference, the Twentekanaal has three Canal Sluices. The sluice at Eefde bridges approximately 6 meters, depending on the water level in the IJssel. The sluice at Delden also bridges 6 meters and the lock at Hengelo 9 meters. There are no sluices in the fork to Almelo. Because the sluices have to bridge a lot, much water is wasted. To compensate this, every lock has a Pumping station. ======

**Vecht** The Vecht (Vechte) is a river in Germany and the Netherlands. Total it’s 167 km. The Vecht starts in Münster, and it flows north past Nordhorn into the Dutch province Overijssel. It also flows in our neighbourhood, you can swim in it. The Vecht was very important for the ships. In the summer the water position was extremely low. The river was winding. In 1908 they changed the river into a canal. They cut off a lot of windings. In the frame of nature development, there is prevent connected Fought in the nature reservation the Uilenkamp bij Diffelen a meander on the Vecht. The intention is strengthens will become that through new dynamics of the river the trial of erosion and sedimentation. At the south side of the river is a striking broad valley. The Vecht follows an current valley from the next last ice age (the Saalien). This valley called we Vechtdal. This valley is arise through large quantities melt water of the north of the Vechtdal. In the Holoceen is the central and northern part of this current valley from the last ice age with peat bog filled up. At the north side of this current valley from the last ice age, the Reest flows that it’s origin had in the vast peat bog. A fish stair in the Vecht. This is a stair for fish, so they can go down without killing by a waterfall. So there live a lot of fish in the Vecht.

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