Kaiser Wil'helm Canal, or Baltic and North Sea Canal, a canal extending from Holtenau to Brunschuttel and connecting the Baltic Sea with the North Sea. It was completed in 1895. It is 61.3 miles long, 190 feet wide at the surface and 29.5 feet deep. The cost was $39,000,000. This canal was constructed by the German government for military and naval purposes, but it is used by merchant ships and passenger steamers. It cuts off the voyage around Denmark and saves 200 miles in going from Hamburg to the English Channel.