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===Locks=== The canal has 58 locks and can accommodate vessels up to {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|7|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide and {{convert|2.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} in [[Draft (hull)|draft]].<ref>Gunnar Alexandersson, ''The Baltic Straits'', fn. 9 p. 123. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1982. {{ISBN|90-247-2595-X}}</ref> From the east-coast of Sweden to Lake [[Vänern]] the locks are as follows (with meters of height difference per lock): *[[Mem Castle|Mem]], 3 *[[Tegelbruket]], 2.3 *[[Söderköping]], 2.4 *[[Duvkullen nedre]], 2.3 *[[Duvkullen övre]], 2.4 *[[Mariehov nedre]], 2.1 *[[Mariehov övre]], 2.6 *[[Carlsborg nedre]], 5.1 *[[Carlsborg övre]], 4.7 *[[Klämman]], open *[[Hulta Locks|Hulta]], 3.2 *[[Bråttom]], 2.3 *[[Norsholm]], 0.8 *[[Berg Locks|Carl Johans slussar]] (seven locks), 18.8 *[[Bergs Locks|Oskars slussar]], 4.8 *[[Bergs Locks|Karl Ludvig Eugéns slussar]], 5.5 *[[Brunnby Lock|Brunnby]], 5.3 *[[Heda Locks|Heda]], 5.2 *[[Borensberg]], 0.2 *[[Borenshult]], 15.3 *[[Motala]], 0.1 ''Lake [[Vättern]]'' (88 m above sea level) *[[Forsvik]], 3.5 ''[[Viken (lake)|Lake Viken]]'' (92 m above sea level – canal's highest point) *[[Tåtorp]], 0.2 *[[Hajstorp övre]], 5.0 *[[Hajstorp nedre]], 5.1 *[[Riksberg]], 7.5 *[[Godhögen]], 5.1 *[[Norrkvarn övre]], 2.9 *[[Norrkvarn nedre]], 2.9 *[[Sjötorp 7-8]], 4.6 *[[Sjötorp 6]], 2.4 *[[Sjötorp 4-5]], 4.8 *[[Sjötorp 2-3]], 4.8 *[[Sjötorp 1]], 2.9 After Lake [[Vänern]] (44 m above sea level) [[Trollhatte canal|Trollhätte kanal]] to [[Gothenburg]] and the west-coast of Sweden.
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