Mittelland Canal

/ ˈmɪtəllant /

noun

1. a canal in Germany, linking the Rivers Rhine and Elbe. Length: 325 km (202 miles)

Example Sentences

The West German shipping administration in Hamburg and the Soviet zone agency in Magdeburg deal with each other in keeping barge traffic flowing on the Elbe and the big Mittelland canal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The key element in the vast new program is the construction of a $190 million, 70-mile-long North-South Canal that will link Hamburg to the Mittelland Canal, itself to be deepened and widened at a cost of $420 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

The West Germans, in a thriving trade with 2,300,000 West Berliners and West Berlin industries, send some 14,000 truckloads over the road monthly, plus some 600 barges through the Mittelland Canal, and a dozen freight cars daily by rail.

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