Wiener Neustadt Canal

It became operational in 1803, and eventually covered 60 kilometres with 50 locks and a change in altitude of 103 metres between Vienna and Wiener Neustadt, where it terminated.

Brick barons leased the canal in order to transport their merchandise to Vienna at low cost.

It was leased to private contractors from 1822 to 1871, at which point it was purchased by the Österreichische Vereinsbank, which later became the Austro-Belgian Railroad Company (Austro-Belgische Eisenbahngesellschaft).

[2] Today, the canal is still used for water supply and some small power stations.

At the same time, the canal's historic industrial facilities continue to suffer from creeping decay, clearly visible in the missing lock gates.