The western section of the Mittelland Canal from the junction with the Dortmund-Ems Canal to the lock Anderten near Hanover is mainly fed with water from the Weser via the main pumping station in Minden.
The main pumping station is located at the western end of the old canal bridges (Fig. 9). On October 22, 1914, the pumps in the main pumping station at the waterway junction
Minden were put into operation for the first time in order to supply the then newly completed Ems-Weser Canal, now the Mittelland Canal, with water from the Weser.
In order to accommodate the pumps, the extensive switching and safety systems, the transformers and the staff recreation rooms, it was necessary to construct a
multi-storey building. The building was constructed in reinforced concrete, including the roof trusses of the single-storey pump hall. The visible surfaces
of the outer walls are clad with red sandstone.
For water extraction, the main pumping station is connected to the Weser by an approx. 300 m long feeder channel. To avoid cross-currents in the Mittelland Canal, the water taken from the Weser is fed into the Mittelland Canal via an approx. 100 m long stilling basin
The main pumping station is located at the western end of the old canal bridges (Fig. 9). On October 22, 1914, the pumps in the main pumping station at the waterway junction
Minden were put into operation for the first time in order to supply the then newly completed Ems-Weser Canal, now the Mittelland Canal, with water from the Weser.
In order to accommodate the pumps, the extensive switching and safety systems, the transformers and the staff recreation rooms, it was necessary to construct a
multi-storey building. The building was constructed in reinforced concrete, including the roof trusses of the single-storey pump hall. The visible surfaces
of the outer walls are clad with red sandstone.
For water extraction, the main pumping station is connected to the Weser by an approx. 300 m long feeder channel. To avoid cross-currents in the Mittelland Canal, the water taken from the Weser is fed into the Mittelland Canal via an approx. 100 m long stilling basin
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The main pumping station is located on the Wasserstraßenkreuz nature trail, a circular route around the locks and the Wasserstraßenkreuz in Minden
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