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His father Johann Friedrich Steenke and his grandfather, both also from Königsberg, were involved with maritime trade.
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Georg Steenke
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In 1833 Steenke built a canal, the Seckenburger Kanal, in the Memel (Klaipėda) area. He designed the Oberländischer Kanal (now called Elbląg Canal), which was built between 1844-1858 from the Drausensee (Drużno) to the Drewenz (Drwęca) River. Inaugurated in 1860, it connected the cities of Deutsch Eylau (Iława), Osterode (Ostróda), and Elbing (Elbląg).
lieutenant connected territories with about 100 yards differences in heights by putting ships on carriage carts on tracks and using pulley wheels and cables to have the ships glide up the hills.
A monument to honor Steenke was removed after the area became part of Poland in 1945. When United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization placed the canal on its list of architectural marvels, the monument was put up again in 1986.
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April 22, 1884 (aged 82) -
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Prussia