Caledonian Canal - Caledonian Canal

Japanese: カレドニア運河 - かれどにあうんが(英語表記)Caledonian Canal
Caledonian Canal - Caledonian Canal

A canal in northern Scotland, UK. It connects the Bay of Murray, which is connected to the North Sea, with the Lochs Ness, Oich, Loch and Ely, which are in a row in the Caledonian Rift Valley, and reaches the Bay of Rennie, which leads to the Atlantic Ocean. It is 97.3 km long (35.4 km of which are excavated canals and 61.9 km of which are lake water use canals), 5.2 m deep, and has 27 locks. Construction began in 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars as a national project to prevent damage from commerce raiding by French privateers. It opened in 1822, but only small ships such as fishing boats could pass through, and it was not effective enough, so it was renovated from 1842 to 1847 to allow ships up to 500 tons to pass through. Since 1963, it has been managed by British Waterways and designated as a transportation waterway.

[Eiichi Aoki and Ryo Aoki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イギリス、スコットランド北部の運河。北海に連なるマリー湾よりカレドニア地溝帯に列状に並ぶネス、オイク、ロッキ、エリーの各湖を結んで、大西洋に通じるレニー湾に至る。全長97.3キロメートル(うち運河開削部35.4キロメートル、湖水利用部61.9キロメートル)、深さ5.2メートル、閘門(こうもん)27がある。ナポレオン戦争中の1803年、フランスの私掠船(しりゃくせん)による通商破壊の被害を避ける目的で、最初から国営事業として着工された。1822年に開通したが、漁船などの小型船が通航可能であったにすぎず、十分な効果をあげなかったので、1842~1847年に改修され、500トンまでの船が通れるようになった。1963年よりイギリス水路協会British waterwaysが管理し、輸送用水路に指定されている。

[青木栄一・青木 亮]

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