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Tunnel Of Mauvages
The Tunnel of Mauvages is a river tunnel on the Marne–Rhine Canal The Canal de la Marne au Rhin (Marne–Rhine Canal) is a canal in north-eastern France. It connects the river Marne and the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne in Vitry-le-François with the port of Strasbourg on the Rhine. The original objective .... It is 4,877 meters long and was built from 1841 to 1846 near the city of Mauvages, Meuse department.DTNE: Northeastern Territor"The Tunnel of Mauvages" Retrieved on 3 April 2017 The tunnel is equipped with a bipolar 600 volt overhead wire for electric vessel References {{Authority control Bodies of water of France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marne–Rhine Canal
The Canal de la Marne au Rhin (Marne–Rhine Canal) is a canal in north-eastern France. It connects the river Marne and the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne in Vitry-le-François with the port of Strasbourg on the Rhine. The original objective of the canal was to connect Paris and the north of France with Alsace and Lorraine, the Rhine, and Germany. The long canal was the longest in France when it opened in 1853. Description The canal is suited for small barges ('' péniches''), with a maximum size of in length and in width. It has 154 locks, including two in the Moselle. There are four tunnels. The Saint-Louis-Arzviller inclined plane is located between Arzviller and Saint-Louis and its construction replaced 17 locks. In 1979, a section along the Moselle valley was closed following completion of the Moselle canalisation works between Frouard and Neuves-Maisons. The route is now made up as follows: * Canal de la Marne au Rhin, western section (PK 0-131), connecting wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
