Unrealised waterways projects
A novel ideaIn the early 20th century, ideas and plans were developed to build various shipping routes through Switzerland. The vision of Switzerland as a hub for inland waterway transport in Europe played a key role. The underlying idea was to overcome the country’s small size by acting as a hub for all of Europe’s shipping traffic.This impulse was spurred on by the particular conditions and
Unrealised waterways projects
Tags: History and Future, Projects … never realised, Water, Transportation route
Spatial extents: Europe, Switzerland
Times: Entreroches Canal 1635, 1635-1958, 1907, 1911, 1916, Proj. Göller 1921, Proj.1940, Proj. 1941, Proj. Konz 1942, Proj. 1958
Distinction: Overview, Transhelvetic Canal, Connection Adriatic Sea, Splügen Canal, Waterways of Zürich, Amelioration of the Rhone, Rhine-Gotthard waterway, Lake Constance-Danube waterway, Schaffhausen-Rheinau
Map objects: Aarau, Airolo, Alessandria, Amelioration of the Rhone, Arles, Arona, Asti, Avignon, Basel, Bellinzona, Biasca, Biberach an der Riß, Biel, Bregenz, Bremgarten, Brugg, Chiavenna, Chur, Connection Adriatic Sea, Cremona, Entreroches Canal (Transhelvetic Canal), Flüelen, Friedrichshafen, Genève, Genova, Koblenz, Kohlfirst (Variante: Big), Kohlfirst (Variante: Small), Konstanz, Küssnacht, Laupheim, Lausanne, Lecco, Locarno, Luzern, Lyon, Mantova, Marseille, Milano, Montélimar, Monza, Neuenburg, Pavia, Peschiera del Garda, Project Göller, Project Konz, Railway, Ravensburg, Rheinau, Rhine-Gotthard waterway, Sargans, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Splügen, Splügen Canal, Splügenpass, Stein am Rhein, Torino, Transhelvetic Canal, Tunnel, Ulm, Uster, Vaduz, Valence, Variant 3-Stufen, Venezia, Walenstadt, Waterways of Zürich, Yverdon-les-Bains, Zug, Zürich