# Schleuse 72

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Schleuse 72 stands in Nuremberg’s Gartenstadt as a former lock on the historic Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal. The canal once connected the Danube and Main rivers. Its surviving engineering recalls the waterway’s role in regional transport and trade.

The chamber measures 34.15 metres long and 4.67 metres wide, overcoming a height difference of 2.30 to 3.20 metres. One filling used up to 500 cubic metres of water. An intermediate gate shortened the chamber to 26.2 metres, enough for standard 24-metre barges and more economical water use. Long timber therefore required the full 34.15-metre chamber.

Manual work shaped every passage, as lockkeepers operated sluice mechanisms and heavy oak gates for 10 to 15 minutes. Each keeper usually managed one to three locks. Sixty-nine lockkeeper houses supported the canal’s upkeep, often with land for vegetables and livestock. Only lock 100 in Bamberg remains farther along as a water-bearing lock in this direction.

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