Zabiegi o połączenie wodne Warty z Gopłem (do 1937 r.)
Treatment of Water Binks of Warta with Goplo (until 1937)

Summary/Abstract: At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Prussian authorities connected the Warta water channel near Konin with Lake Pątnowski and planned another canal linking Lakes Ślesińskie and Gopło. Due to the wars and the demarcation of borders between Germany and Russia in the Goplo region, this project could not be realized. The Mikorzyn Canal, which existed throughout the 19th century, was used as a drainage ditch and, to a lesser extent, as a channel for the drainage of wood or navigation. The founding of the Polish state in 1918 led to the planning of the Silesian-Vistula inland canal, which runs through the central areas of the state but does not use the connection between Warta and Goplo. This section with a local character (up to 200 tonnes) was planned by the authorities of Wielkopolska with Poznań and Bydgoszcza. Finally, the government in Warciańsko-Goplansk included the planned coal channel and defined its transport volume at 600 tonnes. The lack of funding led to a constant postponement of the start of construction of the Warta-Gopło Canal, despite the government’s announcement that it would begin work every few years. For the construction of the waterway the counties located on the canal and the more distant counties, the authorities of the large and small towns, the organizations and technical and economic associations of western Poland have spoken out. The preliminary canal plan drawn up in the years 1923-1927 was refined from 1936 to 1937 and accepted for realisation. Earthworks began in May 1938.

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