Minden shaft lock

The Minden shaft lock was built from 1911 to 1914 as part of the construction of the Mittelland Canal at the Minden waterway junction as a northern descent to the Weser, thus providing the shortest connection between the Mittelland Canal and the Weser. At the same time, an essentially identical lock was built on the Dortmund-Ems Canal, the Henrichenburg shaft lock. The Minden lock has a usable chamber length of 85 metres and is 10 metres wide. Due to the laterally arranged saving basins integrated into the construction with a filling capacity of 7300 m³, it is water-saving in contrast to the southern descent via the upper and lower locks and was therefore state-of-the-art at the time of construction.

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