Originally four narrow gorges and three broad basins spanning a couple of milles of the Romanian river and Serbia were formed at the Iron Gates of the Danube River. In 1853 the Times of London first used the term "Iron Gate," and while some people regard the river as Iron Gates as the whole stretch of 83 miles, the most common definitions include the four narrow gorge section. A massive lock and dam were built in the 1960s to enable control and safer navigation of the river. Before the dam of the Danube, shipping ships were dreaded to navigate in the rapids of the river's narrow Iron Gates. The river passed by the Iron gates calmed down after completion of the dam project and the water increased 130 feet higher than before construction of the dam and the power plant. The 2 locks, which spread across more than 50 miles from each other, anchor each end of the Iron Gates and feel the impact of the dam over 100 miles; after completion of the dam over 23,000 residents along the river must be re-established. Danube River cruises through the Iron Gates in eastern Europe during the day, and the scenery is spectacular, although not as dramatic as it did more than 50 years ago. The Iron Gates region and the Wachau Valley in Austria are considered to be the most scenic part of the Danube by most river cruise tourists. Cruises across the Danube from eastern Europe usually run between Budapest and Bucharest or the Schwarzmeer. An eastern European Danuben River cruise and a "grand-european" rivers cruise between Budapest and Amsterdamcan all those who want to traverse Europe from the Black Sea to the North Sea at Amsterdam. This photograph marked the construction of the Road to Dacia almost 2000 years ago by the Roman emperor Trajan.
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