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Finally, in the years 1790-1794, the river was made navigable on the orders of the Elector of Saxony.
It became an important shipping lane for a century ; in particular, sandstone and limestone were shipped.
From 1889, when the Unstrut Railway ( Unstrutbahn ), was built alongside the river, the significance of the waterway as a transport route was much reduced.
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