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    Canal latéral à la Loire over the river Loire on its journey to the Seine. It replaced a river-level crossing from the canal to meet the Briare Canal...
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    The Agen Aqueduct ((in French) Pont-canal d'Agen) is an aqueduct which carries the canal de Garonne across the Garonne. It is located in the Agen commune...
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    southwest of Montpellier. At Béziers, the Canal du Midi passes over the river Orb by means of the Pont-canal de l'Orb, an aqueduct claimed to be the first...
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    The Orb Aqueduct (French: Pont-canal de l'Orb, Pont-canal de Béziers) is a bridge which carries the Canal du Midi over the Orb in the city of Béziers...
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    Nouvelle branch Le Somail Locks on the Canal du Midi Pont Marengo, in Carcassonne Water features on the Canal du Midi Louis XIV Victory Monument The number...
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  • Thumbnail for Aqueducts on the Canal du Midi
    Libron. Aqueducts on the Canal du Midi will be named either as an aqueduct (French: aqueduc) or a canal bridge (French: pont-canal). In most cases, the aqueduct...
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  • The Canal de Pont-de-Vaux is a canal in eastern France connecting the Saône at Fleurville to Pont-de-Vaux. It was closed for many years and reopened in...
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  • database "Pont Julien". "Pont du Gard et aqueduc romain de Nîmes". "Via Domitia : Pont d'Ambrussum". "Pont Flavien". "Pont romain". "Pont romain franchissant...
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    river and valley The canal being drained for inspection and maintenance (2009) Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Winter Aqueduct viewed with Pont Cysyllte bridge and...
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    Aqueduct (French: Pont-Canal de la Cesse) is one of several aqueducts, or water bridge, created for the Canal du Midi. Originally, the canal crossed the Cesse...
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    corps impérial des ponts et chaussées, membre de l'Institut d'Égypte, pp. 21–186 Wilson 1939. Wilson Sir Arnold T. (1939). The Suez Canal. Osmania University...
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    This is a list of the navigable canals and rivers in France. For reference purposes, all waterways are listed, including many that have been abandoned...
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    Garonne up to the Pont de Pierre (stone bridge) in Bordeaux. Inland vessels continue upstream to Castets-en-Dorthe, where the Canal de Garonne joins the...
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    more, including the Canal de Meaux à Chalifert, the Canal de Chelles, and the Canal de Saint-Maurice which ended at Charenton-le-Pont near the Marne's confluence...
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    canal in northern France. The canal connects the Canal latéral à l'Oise at Pont-l'Évêque to the Sensée Canal at Arleux. The French government, in partnership...
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  • Thumbnail for Lachine Canal
    The Lachine Canal (French: Canal de Lachine) is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5...
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    The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes)...
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    The Pont Neuf (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ nœf], "New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western...
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    Liège) Weser/Vesdre (near Liège) Amel/Amblève (in Comblain-au-Pont) Salm (in Trois-Ponts) Warche (near Malmedy) Hoyoux (in Huy) Mehaigne (in Wanze) Sambre...
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  • States, Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont's improvements in chemistry and gunpowder making, and other industrial advancements...
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    collection (F1480) Pont Van Gogh, replica of the Langlois Bridge Pont de Langlois (red) and Pont Van Gogh (green); entrance of the canal in 1888 (blue) Double-beam...
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    Répudre Aqueduct (category Aqueducts on Canal du Midi)
    The Répudre Aqueduct (French: pont-canal de Répudre) is the first aqueduct built on the Canal du Midi. Pierre-Paul Riquet designed it to cross the Répudre...
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    Argent-Double Aqueduct (category Aqueducts on Canal du Midi)
    (French: Pont-canal de l'Argent-Double) is one of several aqueducts on the Canal du Midi. The Argent-Double stream is culverted under the canal at La Redorte...
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    Fresquel Aqueduct (category Aqueducts on Canal du Midi)
    Fresquel Aqueduct (French: Pont-canal du Fresquel) is one of several aqueducts on the Canal du Midi. Until its building, the canal crossed the River Fresquel...
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    The Pont Marengo (Marengo bridge) crosses the Canal du Midi and links Carcassonne to the local railway station. The busy canal lock at Port Marengo is...
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  • Thumbnail for Canal Saint-Martin
    The Canal Saint-Martin (French pronunciation: [kanal sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃]) is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris, connecting the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river...
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  • road traffic) to allow canal traffic through. On the canal de l'Ourcq : Pont de la rue de l'Ourcq Passerelle de la rue de Crimée Pont levant de la rue de...
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    The Pont de Wandre is a single-pier cable-stayed bridge carrying the N667 road across the Albert Canal and the river Meuse between Liège (on the east side)...
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    Pont-Audemer (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃.t‿odmɛʁ]) is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2018, the...
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    in 1650 The upstream end of the canal, with the single lock The Pont du Marché Trip boat at the Pont du Théâtre The Pont Saint-Étienne at the downstream...
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