Boat Lift - Kraftwerk Aarewerke AG, Klingnau

Swiss Boat Lift / Ascenseur à bateaux de Suisse

Kraftwerk Aarewerke AG, Klingnau

River Aare

Klingnau Powerstation, upstream side

Klingnau Powerstation, downstream side

The upstream beginning side of the boat lift.

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	This is the end of the Aare revir before it flows into the Rhein river.

The upstream beginning side of the boat lift.

Without the cable it seems that the boat lift is not used anymore... .

The top of the cable boat lift track. .

The boat carrier and in the backgroung the artificial lake of the Klingnau dam which is also known as the "Klingnauer Stausee" the most important wild birds reserve of Switzerland. . .

The boat carrier and the "Klingnauer Stausee".. .

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	The Klingnau powerstation and the dam.

Cute duck family in the Kingnau lake?
Yes but this duck family is really trapped! The ducklings are just at the entrance of the powerhouse hydraulic turbines! Here the water is aspirated so the stream is really hard and the ducklings are unable to escape! They continually try to swim against the stream but they can't... the duckling's mother can escape from there by the air but the ducklings can't!

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Technical Datas
Start	1935
End	...
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Company Informations

Aarewerke AG, Klingnau is owned by:
Atel: 10 %
BKW- FMB : 10,1 %
RWE Power : 30 %
AEW : 35 %
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