Zone:StrommaCanal

StrommaCanal
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LocationKimitoön, Lounais-Suomi, Finland
SurfaceGravel
Created2015-11-16 13:00:00
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StrommaCanal is a turfzone in the municipality of Kimitoön in the region of Lounais-Suomi (Southwestern Finland) in Finland. The zone is located in the province of Varsinais-Suomi.

Placement[edit]

The zone is placed at the Strömma canal.

Strömma canal[edit]

Strömma canal (Finnish: Strömman kanava) is the narrowest part of the fairway between Kimito Island and the Finnish mainland.

The strait between Kimitoön and the mainland has always been an important fairway, especially to Salo and Tykö. The land uplift has gradually meant that the natural strait has been established. When Robert Bremer began extracting iron ore in the Vineme (Finnish: Vihiniemi) by the Kiskonjoki River in the 1820s, the need for sea transport through Strömma became apparent. With the consent of Emperor Nikolai I, the excavation of a canal under the leadership of Viktor Zebor Bremer began in 1844. The first canal was 9.65 meters wide and 3 meters deep and was bridged by a roller bridge made at Tykö mill. In 1852, pilots were also stationed by the canal. In 1896–1898, the Strömma canal was widened to a width of 16.7 meters and a depth of 4.45 meters, and the bridge was changed to a swing bridge.

In 1967, a new canal began to be dug through the gravel ridge 500 meters west of the old canal. The new canal is 28 meters wide and 5.5 meters deep and is bridged by a drawbridge. At the same time, the road was moved 50 meters north and a new fixed bridge was built over the old canal, which meant that the old bridge could be preserved. The new canal was inaugurated in 1968.

During the 19th century, the canal was an important hub for traffic and a small community with shipyards, sawmills, schools and shops grew up next to the canal.

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