Talk:Masurian Canal

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I'm not sure if anyone is actively editing this page, but I'm going to try to spend some time translating content from the german version of the article. I've added a uk canal info box. This is a problem in that it uses imperial measurements, and I will try to build a metric one, or talk to the UK waterways editors, to see if I can have it handle both imperial and metric. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drew.sonne (talk • contribs) 10:22, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * This would be great. For conversion between imperial and metric, use convert, which does it automatically, and please do not forget to add reliable sources to the new text (they could be in German as well).--Ymblanter (talk) 10:25, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

What for?
It would be nice to see in the article a discussion of why anyone wanted such a canal. It would have been very expensive; there must have been specific gains expected. They may be obvious to experts but not to readers like me. Also, the reasons are likely to have changed with time. Zaslav (talk) 02:07, 1 May 2023 (UTC)


 * According to the map in the area there is a lot marshland and forested land. Now there is a railway, I don't know if it was there in that period, but I guess it would have been busy and it doesn't go in the direction of Kaliningrad anyway. An alternative way to transport goods seems a reasonable explanation. Especially if the Germans wanted to expand their settlements in an area contended with the Poles. WornOutCog (talk) 14:26, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Długopole lock
The co-ords are given as 54.3062°N 21.4948°E, but I think they should be 54.3039°N, 21.4948°E; the former location appears to be 265 m slightly west of north from where the structure seems to be. Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 08:47, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Closer inspection shows that the structure seems to be located at 54.3060°N, 21.4949°E, about 26 m slightly east of south from the given co-ords. Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 09:23, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Dubious claim
The claim that the real purpose was to serve a secret U-boat facility may have been useful to get a nomination and attract some attention, but it does not stand. A quick survey with Marble(OpenStreetmap view) and Google satellite view is enough to verify that some of the locks were too small for the u-boats, they could not go though. Furthermore even if back then it was Prussian territory there were also ethic poles in the area. So the canal was exposed to possible espionage. WornOutCog (talk) 14:11, 1 May 2023 (UTC)