Tikhvin Canal System

Subject / Topography/Reservoirs and waterways
TIKHVIN CANAL SYSTEM, a traffic artery in the north-west of European Russia. It connected the basins of the Baltic Sea and the Volga in the 19th-20th cc. It began at the city of Rybinsk on the Volga (later at the Rybinsk Reservoir), extended via the Mologa, Chadogoscha, Goryun, Sominka, and Valchina rivers, Tikhvin Canal, further via the Tikhvinka and Syas Rivers, Ladoga Canal, the Neva, and ended in St. Petersburg. Its total length was 924 km. Surveys for construction of a waterway intended to ensure cargo circulation between St. Petersburg and the Volga Land were conducted in the early 18th c., but the construction was only completed in the early 19th c. In 1811, T. C. S. was put into operation, but its reconstruction was continued. It was mainly used for cargo shipping, and to a lesser extent, for passenger service. The route of T. C. S. within the current Leningrad Oblast extended via Boksitogorsk, Tikhvin, Volkhov, and Kirovsk Regions. The most important stations were Novaya Ladoga, Kolchanovo, Syasskiye Ryadki, Tikhvin, and Somino. The construction of the Mariyinskaya Canal System and railroads resulted in the loss of importance of T. C. S.; it was officially closed in 1956, although local service continued until 1965. Currently, in Tikhvin and Boksitogorsk Districts there are remainders of the waterworks (locks and dams) that are historic/cultural monuments. At the place of watershed (6 km north of Yefimovsky urban settlement) a monument to Peter I who visited these places between 1712 and 1716 was installed in 1862. Yegorov, Sergey Borisovich
Leningrad Oblast, the/Boksitogorsk District
Topographical landmarks/Chagodoshcha River, the
Topographical landmarks/Goyun River, the
Leningrad Oblast, the/Kirovsk District
Leningrad Oblast, the/Volkhov District/Kolchanovo Village
Topographical landmarks/Ladoga Canal, the
Topographical landmarks/Mariyinskaya Canal System
Topographical landmarks/Mologa River, the
Topographical landmarks/Neva River, the
Leningrad Oblast, the/Volkhov District/Novaya Ladoga Town
Topographical landmarks/Sominka River, the
Leningrad Oblast, the/Boksitogorsk District/Somino Village
Topographical landmarks/Syas River, the
Historical Toponyms/Syas'skiye Ryadki, settlement
Leningrad Oblast, the/Tikhvin District
Leningrad Oblast, the/Tikhvin District/Tikhvin Town
Topographical landmarks/Tikhvinka River, the
Topographical landmarks/Tikhvinsky Canal, the
Topographical landmarks/Valchina River, the
Leningrad Oblast, the/Volkhov District
Leningrad Oblast, the/Boksitogorsk District/Yefimovsky Urban Settlement
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