Ústí nad Labem - Zdymadlo Střekov

The Střekov lock, in the local part of Ústí nad Labem on the Elbe river at river kilometer 767,679, was built in the years 1924 - 1936 according to the design of the well-known architect František Vahala and the sculptor Ladislav Kofránek. The lock, also known as Masaryk's lock, was built mainly for the purpose of floating the previously unnavigable part of the Elbe waterway under the rock with Střekov Castle. It was a daring construction, after completion…