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Southwest Line
At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the Southwest Line was designed to connect the port of Le Havre to the left bank of the Seine, and then to the west and southwest of France, by crossing the Main stem, river near the estuary. For some sixty years, this railway project mobilized the energies of the region, particularly Le Havre, but it was also a bone of contention between the main cities of Upper Normandy (Rouen and Le Havre). The systematic opposition of the inhabitants of Rouen to the construction of an engineering work downstream from their city (a potential obstacle to the navigation of ocean-going vessels up the Seine to their port), largely caused the failure of the line and threatened the very unity of the Seine-Maritime, Seine-Inférieure department. A long preparation period The idea of building what would later be known as the Southwest Line undoubtedly dates back to the inauguration of the Paris–Le Havre railway, Rouen - Le Havre railroa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carte De La Ligne Du Sud-Ouest
Carte may refer to: People * Alexander Carte (1805–1881), Irish British zoologist * Anto Carte (1886–1954), Belgian painter * Helen Carte (1852–1913), Scottish British businesswoman * Richard Carte (1808–1891), British flute-maker * Samuel Carte (1652–1740), English antiquarian * Thomas Carte (1686–1754), English historian * Omer Carte Qalib (1930–2020), Somalian politician * Carte Goodwin (born 1974), U.S. politician * Carte Said (born 1997), Italian soccer player Other uses * CARTE Museum (Cartographic Acquisition Research Teaching and Exhibition), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA * Carte network, a French resistance network See also * Deidre LaCarte, Canadian dancer * Julio Lacarte Muró (1918–2016), Uruguayan diplomat * * Card (other) * Cart (other) * Cartes (other) * Cartesian (other) * Descartes (other), including ''des Cartes'' * D'Oyly Carte (other) * Carte blanche (other) * À la carte (disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Track
Railway track ( and UIC terminology) or railroad track (), also known as permanent way () or "P way" ( and Indian English), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers ( railroad ties in American English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade. It enables trains to move by providing a dependable, low-friction surface on which steel wheels can roll. Early tracks were constructed with wooden or cast-iron rails, and wooden or stone sleepers. Since the 1870s, rails have almost universally been made from steel. Historical development The first railway in Britain was the Wollaton wagonway, built in 1603 between Wollaton and Strelley in Nottinghamshire. It used wooden rails and was the first of about 50 wooden-railed tramways built over the subsequent 164 years. These early wooden tramways typically used rails of oak or beech, attached to wooden sleepers with iron or wooden nails. Gravel or small stones were pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine
Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine () is a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime, northern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon, Auberville-la-Campagne, Touffreville-la-Cable and Triquerville. 30 November 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
The following is a list of the 707 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
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Eure
Eure ( ; ; or ) is a department in the administrative region of Normandy, northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2021, Eure had a population of 598,934.Populations légales 2019: 27 Eure INSEE History Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of . The name in fact is taken from the Eure river flowing mainly in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy
Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands). It covers . Its population in 2017 was 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans; the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. Large settlements include Rouen, Caen, Le Havre and Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Cherbourg. The cultural region of Normandy is roughly similar to the historical Duchy of Normandy, which includes small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: ''Îles Anglo-Normandes'') are also historically part of Normandy; they cover and comprise two bailiwicks: Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown Dependencies. Normandy's name comes from the settlement of the territory by Vikings ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 In Rail Transport
Events February events * February 10 – Launceston & Western Railway opens as the first line in Tasmania, Australia, gauge between Deloraine and Launceston. June events * June 8 – Devon & Somerset Railway opens its line to Wiveliscombe. * June 18 – The canton of Basel-Landschaft grants a concession for the construction of a narrow gauge railway from Liestal to Waldenburg, Switzerland and eventually further to Langenbruck. July events * July 12 – The first narrow gauge railway in North America, the Toronto and Nipissing Railway, using a track gauge of , opens to Uxbridge. * July 22 – The Canada Central Railway holds an official groundbreaking ceremony at Renfrew for the railroad's section between there and Sand Point, Ontario. August events * August 5 – The New Haven & Derby Railroad, a predecessor of the New Haven Railroad in Connecticut, opens between New Haven and Derby Junction ( Ansonia). * August 21 – The Valley Railway in Ohio in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duclair
Duclair () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. The Duclair duck is named after the town, of which pressed duck (''canard à la presse'') is invented. Geography Duclair is a farming and light industrial town situated some west of the centre of Rouen at the junction of the D43, D5 and the D982 roads. The river Austreberthe joins the Seine at Duclair. There is a ferry to Berville-sur-Seine on the south bank of the Seine. Heraldry Population Cuisine Duclair is known for its duck, which evolved from a crossbreeding of domestic and migratory wild ducks. Beginning in the 17th century, these ducks would be hunted for their tender and tasty flesh. As farmers would protect their ducks from the rainy and windy weather of Normandy, sometimes these ducks would suffocate to death. In the late 19th century, an innkeeper named Henri "Père" Denise realized that suffocated ducks with intact blood make for more tender meat, and bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caudebec-en-Caux
Caudebec-en-Caux (, literally ''Caudebec in Caux'') is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine. Geography Caudebec-en-Caux is located W.N.W. of Rouen, on the right bank of the River Seine. The tidal bore in the estuary of the Seine which is known as the ''mascaret'' in French, but locally as the ''barre'', used to be well seen at this point. The development of the industrial polder towards Harfleur has changed the geometry of the estuary so that mascaret now seems to be a phenomenon of the past. Since 1977 Caudebec has been served by the Pont de Brotonne, one of three bridges built across the Seine, downstream from Rouen since 1960, to replace the many ferries so making vehicular access between the Pays de Caux and the Autoroute A13 easier. History Caudebec is one of numerous places in Normandy having names which are clearly derived from a Scandinav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voie Ferrée D'intérêt Local
In France, a (; "Railway of Local Interest"), abbreviated VFIL, is a secondary railway constructed by a local administrative division, serving sparsely populated rural areas. These areas were beyond the economic reach of the networks of the , which were Concession (contract), concessions of the ("Big Companies")By is meant the principal railway companies, analogous to the Big Four British railway companies: * Chemin de Fer du Nord * Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée * Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi * Chemins de fer de l'Est * Chemins de Fer de l'État * Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest * Réseau Ferroviaire d'Alsace-Lorraine These were nationalised on 1 January 1938, forming the SNCF. who ran their lines for profit. Origins The Prefect (France), Prefect of the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department, Monsieur Migneret, invented the VFIL concept with the passing of the Act of 21 May 1836 which defined the Prefectures in France, prefecture's pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870 In Rail Transport
Events January events * January 20 – The Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad, which later becomes the original Norfolk Southern Railroad, is chartered to build a railroad line between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. February events * February 24 – Delaware and Hudson Canal Company leases the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, which extends from Albany to Binghamton, New York. March events * March 7 – The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the link between Itarsi and Jabalpur where it connects with the East Indian Railway, completing the rail connection across India from Bombay to Calcutta. * March 24 – Pennsylvania Railroad signs a 999-year lease of the Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad. * March 28 – Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway reaches Kit Carson, Colorado. June events * June – The Denver Pacific Railway completes construction of its mainline between Denver, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. July events * July 24 – The first rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow under atmospheric pressure, and can be thought of as artificial rivers. In most cases, a canal has a series of dams and locks that create reservoirs of low speed current flow. These reservoirs are referred to as ''slack water levels'', often just called ''levels''. A canal can be called a navigation canal when it parallels a natural river and shares part of the latter's discharges and drainage basin, and leverages its resources by building dams and locks to increase and lengthen its stretches of slack water levels while staying in its valley. A canal can cut across a drainage divide atop a ridge, generally requiring an external water source above the highest elevation. The best-known example of such a canal is the Panama Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
