DZIELA HYDROTECHNIKI W POLSCE. KANAL GORNOSLASKI / GLIWICKI (UPPER SILESIAN CANAL-OBERSCHLESISCHER KANAL / GLIWICE CANAL-GLEIWITZER KANAL)

Polish text, summary in English and German. 20,5x29, Hb, laminated, new copy, 412pp, well illustrated. Descr. the Upper Silesian Canal (the Gliwice Canal), connecting the Oder (Odra) River to the city of Gliwice, which was built from 1935 to 1939 to replaced the old Klodnitz Canal (Klodnitzkanal). In 1939 it was renamed the Adolf Hitler Canal (Adolf-Hitler-Kanal). Incl.: foreword; PART I: history of the Upper Silesian Canal: historic and economic background, construction and operation of the Adolf Hitler Canal: the beginning of construction 1933-34, construction progress in 1935, construction progress in 1936, construction progress in 1937, construction progress in 1938, commissioning and beginning of operation, WWII period, postwar reconstruction and operation; afterword: modernization of locks on the Gliwice Canal; PART II: Heritage of the Gliwice Canal: the Gliwice Canal and its water infrastructure: route and waterway technical parameters, water barrages and locks, road and railroad bridges, weirs and the so-called "syfon Klodnicy" - a "non-collision crossing" of the Gliwice Canal and Klodnica river that flows under the canal; port of Gliwice; water management and water supply system; historical and architectural assets of the Glowice Canal.HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE