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Sjötorp Locks
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sjotorp250.jpg (14558 bytes)Sjötorp Locks consist of eight locks in all. They lift seafarers from the entrance at Lake Vänern up to the harbour dock and the dry dock at Sjötorp Shipyard and then further through the sharp bend at Smörgåsekröken to the farming plains surrounding Rogstorp and St. Hällsås. This map is a section of Elias Schveder's general map from 1784.

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Other maps of the area:
thbg_I7_sjotorp_smorgas.jpg (94252 bytes) Detail of Daniel Thunberg's general map from 1784, which shows how the canal was widened to allow for vessels to navigate through the sharp bend at Smörgåsekröken.
thbg_I7_sjotorp.jpg (103557 bytes) This map is a detail of the above map. It shows the entrance of the Göta Canal in Sjötorp Bay, in Lake Vänern.
telf_III2_1808_smorgaskr6-8.jpg (96255 bytes) Telford's map from 1808 that depicts Smörgågsekröken and locks number six to eight of the Sjötorp Locks.
telf_III2_1808_sjotorp1-5.jpg (134132 bytes) The canal entrance in Lake Vänern, according to the above map by Telford. It was thought that the entrance could be the location of a harbour, with storm-sheltering piers, made of stone, and a centrally located dolphins for approaching vessels. Farther up on the canal was planned to be the location of a harbour dock and a shipyard dock.
sjotorp_hamn.jpg (20755 bytes) Sjötorp Shipyard with dock, buildings and dry dock. The workshop right in front of the shipyard nowadays houses the Canal Museum.
(Photo R Castensson, 1999).
turist_sjotorp-norrkvarn.jpg (129216 bytes) General map of the stretch of the canal between Norrkvarn and Sjötorp.

(AB Göta kanal Tourist Map: Western Section, 1995).

Blue line = Gothenburg - Stockholm route of the Göta Canal used by the firm of shipowners Rederi AB Göta kanal.

Red line = bicycle path.