Show Dan danube iron gate the famous iron gate in the danube Is riot cot a gate at all that Is merely the picturesque name originally given by the turks to a narrow gorge or pass where vili tere the river has cut its way through a spur of the tran cyl syl alps a few miles below in Ru rumania marila A real gate of iron could not have more effectively prevented the passage ot of turkish fleets than the dangerous rapids and massive boulders boul derd which obstructed the channel tor for nearly dearly two miles in 1890 a hungarian company began the removal of many of the obstructions by a series 0 of blasting operations the river through the iron gate or iron gates was declared open tor for navigation in 1890 1803 exchange |