Pardubice Lock
Zdymadlo Pardubice
Water
A water transport structure on the Elbe River in Pardubice, comprising a weir, a lock, a small hydroelectric power plant, and a pedestrian footbridge. It serves purposes of navigation, water management, and power generation.

📜 A significant water transport structure on the Elbe River in Pardubice.
⚙️ Comprising a weir, lock, hydroelectric power plant, and a pedestrian footbridge.

Why Go

🌊 Explore a unique blend of engineering and nature.
🚶‍♀️ Cross the river on the freely accessible pedestrian footbridge.
💡 Learn about its role in navigation, water management, and power generation.
🏗️ Witness a historical industrial complex completed in 1974.

Technical Details

💧 Weir (Jez): Three 18-meter wide fields with lifting box gates, total damming height of 4.10 meters.
Small Hydroelectric Power Plant: Commissioned in 1978, features a single direct-flow Kaplan turbine with a designed output of 1.93 MW.
🚢 Lock (Plavební komora): Single-vessel, 85 meters long, 12 meters wide, 3.5 meters deep over the sill.

Managed By

🏛️ Managed by the state enterprise Povodí Labe.

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technical monumentindustrial architecturehydroelectric power plantlockweirfootbridge