The Kiel Canal (now the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal), was known as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal until
1948, in honor of British Queen Victoria's grandson, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. The first
connection between the North and Baltic Seas was the Eider Canal, completed in 1784, which
used stretches of the Eider River for the link between the two seas, but it was only 95 feet wide
with a depth of 10 feet, which limited the size of vessels. The Eiderkanal was a 27 mile part of a
109 mile long waterway from Kiel to the Eider mouth at Tönning on the west coast. The Kaiser
Wilhelm Kanal was viewed as an engineering marvel around the world. Its opening, below
1948, in honor of British Queen Victoria's grandson, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. The first
connection between the North and Baltic Seas was the Eider Canal, completed in 1784, which
used stretches of the Eider River for the link between the two seas, but it was only 95 feet wide
with a depth of 10 feet, which limited the size of vessels. The Eiderkanal was a 27 mile part of a
109 mile long waterway from Kiel to the Eider mouth at Tönning on the west coast. The Kaiser
Wilhelm Kanal was viewed as an engineering marvel around the world. Its opening, below
