Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries: With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen)
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Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries: With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.
Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen)
Canals
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│ │ │ │ Average
│ Number │ Length │ Width │ Depth
Canals. │ of │ of │ of │ of
│ Locks. │ Locks. │ Locks │ Locks.
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│ │ metres. │ metres. │ metres
De la Deûle │ 1 │ 38·70 │ .. │ ..
Meuse │ 26 │ 45 │ 5·70 │ 2·42
De la Sambre │ 38 │ 37·60 │ 5·20 │ 2·34
De l’Est │ 33 │ 38 to 45 │ 5·20 to │ 2·60
│ │ │ 5·70 │
De l’Aisne de la Marne │ 24 │ 35 │ 5·20 │ 2·68
St. Quentin │ 35 │ 34 │ 5·20 to │ 2·29
│ │ │ 6·40 │
De l’Ourcq │ 10 │ 38·80 to │ 5·20 to │ ..
│ │ 63 │ 6·20 │
De Briare │ 43 │ 33 │ 5·20 │ 2·87
Du Muernais │ 116 │ 33 │ 5·10 │ 2·07
Du Rhone au Rhin │ 73 │ 30 │ 5·13 to │ 2·23
│ │ │ 5·30 │
De Neufosse │ 6 │ 34·80 to │ 5·20 │ 2·67
│ │ 36·53 │ │
De l’Aire │ 1 │ 37·95 │ 5·20 │ 2·00
De la Somne │ 23 │ 45 │ 6·30 │ 2·49
De l’Oise et à l’Aisne │ 35 │ 34 │ 5·20 to │ 2·29
│ │ │ 8·40 │
De la Haute Marne │ 34 │ 25 to │ 5·20 │ 3·10
│ │ 38·50 │ │
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The French Assembly adopted, in August 1879, a law which decreed that
the principal lines of canal communication ought to have a depth of
2 metres, and locks not less than 38 metres 50 long, by 5 metres 20
wide. In the South of France the only canals that conform to these
requirements are those of the Midi and the Aulize; in Central France,
the Canal du Centre, the Canal Roanne à Dijon, the Canal du Berry,
and the Canal du Rhone au Rhin. The Canal de Bourgogne, the Canal de
Briare, and the Canal d’Orleans, are also up to these requirements. In
the north of France, and on the Belgian frontier, it may be said that
all the waterways are of the required minimum dimensions.
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