p. 24 | Canal Between the Black Sea and Baltic

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 20, 1911

Canal Between the Black Sea and Baltic

A PLAN has been formed for the construction of a canal to connect the Black Sea and the Baltic. The engineering project is the work of M. Rugteschel. The canal would follow the beds of the rivers Dwina and Dnieper for the greater part of the distance, the actual cutting being for the most part in two sections, from the village of Breshenkovichi on the west Dwina to the town of Kopius on the Dnieper, and a section around the falls of the last-named river. The Dnieper would require dredging at many places, and the Dwina for the greater part of its length. The whole canal, including the beds of the rivers thus deepened, would be nearly 1,400 miles in length, and its estimated cost would be $150,000,000. The original project was to make the canal thirty-one feet deep, so as to allow the passage of large war-ships; but the government rejected this on the ground that sufficient water could not be found to feed such a canal. The new plans provide for a depth of fourteen feet, for which sufficient water may be had by means of a canal 125 versts long from the Beresina.