Editing Zuid-Willemsvaart (section)

=== Design ===
On 23 February 1818 Inspector General A.F. Goudriaan got orders to design the canal from Maastricht to 's-Hertogenbosch. On 15 May 1819 he presented his design. It called for a canal of 2.1 m deep, 10 m wide at the floor and 18 m wide on the water level. Practical draught for ships would be 188&nbsp;cm. On the first stretch between Maastricht and the lock at Hocht, this draught would later be only 157&nbsp;cm in case of draught. The canal would have 19 locks. Each with a passage width of 7 m and a length of at least 50 m.{{sfn|Anonymous|1859|p=4}}