The canal de Huningue was opened in 1831 and used to connect Huningue (a western suburb of Basel) to the canal du Rhône au Rhin at Mulhouse. It had five Freycinet standard locks along its 28 km length that would take 38 metre péniches.
When the river Rhine was canalised from Basel to a point south of Strasbourg in the 1960s, the canal de Huningue was no longer required and the locks were closed. A short section remains in use today from Niffer down to a small marina at Kembs.
None of the locks are in use but two locks were built at Niffer to link with the canalised Rhine.
When the river Rhine was canalised from Basel to a point south of Strasbourg in the 1960s, the canal de Huningue was no longer required and the locks were closed. A short section remains in use today from Niffer down to a small marina at Kembs.
None of the locks are in use but two locks were built at Niffer to link with the canalised Rhine.
Écluse le Corbusier
This lock drops boats down from the canal de Huningue onto the Grand Canal d'Alsace, the canalised river Rhine. It is built to a size between the Grand Gaberit and Freycinet standards so boats of up to 80 metres in length can reach the port of Mulhouse from the river Rhine. It is known as écluse le Corbusier. Because of its relatively short length it is used for pleasure craft, commercial boats using the larger écluse de Kembs-Niffer a few hundred metres upstream. This lock is the smaller of the two and was opened in 1962, the larger lock being opened in 1995.
Écluse de Kembs-Niffer
This lock drops boats down from the canal de Huningue onto the Grand Canal d'Alsace, the canalised river Rhine. It is built to the Grand Gaberit standard so boats of up to 180 metres can reach the port of Mulhouse from the river Rhine.
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