Floodgates, 1894-1898; 1200 Vienna, Nußdorf
k. k. Albert Milde
Archive photo: Nußdorfer floodgates and bridge at 1938
| Setting up the Danube Regulation Commission: | 17.3.1869 |
| Liquidation of the Danube Regulation Commission: | 31.12.1927 |
| Construction stage 1: | 1871-1873; Floodgate in Nußdorf, Lengthening of the river lade in a new created Danube bed, dredging and coast regulations |
| Construction stage 2: | 1894-1898; Weir System and Lockage in Nußdorf |
| Construction stage 3: | 1899-1911; Quay walls and dredging of a canal bed |
| Amendment: | Barrage "Kaiserbad", built 1904-1908 |
| Rebuilding and extensions: | after 1945; Repair after war damages, Removal of the floodgate 1964-1970; Renewal of the tide lock in Nußdorf 1971-1978; Renewal of the weir system in Nußdorf |
| Constructor: | Danube Regulation Commission in Vienna |
| Floodgate draft: | Wilhelm Engerth |
| Planning and site management: | Danube Regulation Commission in Vienna, Construction stage 1: Wilhelm Engerth, Construction stage 2,3: Sigmund Taussig |
| Local construction management; Construction stage 2,3: | A. Back, Bettendorfer, Emil Grohmann, Max Großmann, Ferdinand Hartwich, Kröpfl Limbeck, Karl Pollak, Alfred Reinhold, Skopal, Wachtel |
| Architectural design; Construction stage 2,3: |
Otto Wagner |
| Master builder; Construction stage 1 of floodgates: |
Castor & Comp., Frankreich |
| Master builder; Construction stage 1: |
Watel |
| Master builder; Construction stage 2: |
Redlich & Berger, Karl und Emil Holitzer |
| Master builder; Construction stage 3: |
E. Groß & Co. |
| Suppliers and stone masons: | H. Kulka & Comp., United Moravian-Silesian-Galician stone quarries in Troppau, J. C. Löwenfelds Witwe in Bratislava, Zogeldorfer stone quarry Karl Freiherr of Suttner, Josef Widy in Schrems, Fritz Zeller |
| Metal constructions; Construction stage 1: |
JJohn Cockerill in Seraing, Belgium |
| Metal constructions; Construction stage 2 weir system: | Hungarian State Roads Machine factory |
| Metal constructions; Construction stage 2 Floodgates: | Albert Milde & Co.; Maschinenbau-Aktien-Gesellschaft, former Breitfeld, Daněk & Co. in Prag |
| Metal constructions; Construction stage 2 supporting channel: | Prince Salmsche iron foundry, Blansko |
| Decoration, sculptor; construction stage 2, bronze lions: | Rudolf Weyr |
| Length of the regulated Danube channel: | 17,040 km |
| Width of the canal bed between quay walls: | 50,00 m |
| Floodgate’s construction costs: | 700.000 fl. |
| Lockage and weir system construction costs: | 7.200.00 Kr. (inclusive the Danube coast road bridges across the connecting channel, administration building, and the chain magazine) |
| Quay- and supporting walls construction costs: | 5.550.000 Kr. (inclusive dredging) |
| Archive Sources: | HM, Inv. 96016/5, 96288 |