Demeysluis (Ostend)

 lock (water navigation), 1898_construction, 19th century construction, 1890s construction

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L 124 x W 17.5 m
open 7-7 / 6 AM > 10 PM
ship draught < 3.5 m : always accessible
3.5 m < ship draught < 6 m : depending on tide
time in lock: +/- 30 min depending on the tide
contact via VHF Ch 84
Lock in Vlotdok, as access to the commercial port built into the bowl of the old French spuikom; first stone was laid on June 19, 1898 by King Leopold II. Named after ir. P. De Mey, who has presided over the expansion works of the harbor between 1898 and 1914.
Lock dimensions: total length 178.10 m, width 18 m, level bottom of the lock chamber 4.90 m (south), level of thresholds 4.50 m (south), useful fool of length 120 m, the lock chamber bed... was providing concrete and brick implementation; During the work they had to switch because of stability problems in a much more expensive version, ie. support the channel with 6427 wooden piles from 6.50 to 7.50 m. length. In 1903, the floodgates are made. Initially, five pairs of doors are placed, three pairs ebony doors and two pairs of floodgates; later is a few doors away ebb. After the completion of the sluice gates of the old lock will be demolished; in 1904 allowed for the first time in the new sea lock chamber and the complex is fully tested for its thoroughness. About the locks are built around 1902-1903 in two swing bridges. On the channel side of the sea lock makes a brick ramp connecting to the new deepwater quay of the port, on the other side is a wooden pier built conductivity of 120 m. Length. In the First World War, a dredger, the "Willpower" sunk in the saskom of the lock; lock doors and brickwork are damaged, the electric drive mechanism to be disabled; clearance in 1919-1920. During World War II, two steam hoppers sunk into the lock chamber of the Demey lock, thus opening the floodgates prevented; both bridges over the lock will also be destroyed. After the war, the lock is fully restored.

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