Canal d'Orléans

Canal d'Orléans
	Course sketch of the canal
Water code	FR : ---- 0352
location	France , Center-Val de Loire region
length	78 km
Built	1680-1693
class	<I.
Beginning	In the port of Orléans
The End	Estuary at the intersection of the Canal de Briare and Canal du Loing near Buges , north of Montargis
Descent structures	28
Ports	Orleans
Kilometrage	Towards Loing
	Channel blocked for shipping!
	Newly built harbor basin at the end of the canal in Orléans

The Canal d'Orléans (German: Orléans Canal ) is a former shipping canal in France , which runs in the Loiret department in the Center-Val de Loire region and overcomes the ridge between the Loire and Loing valleys . It was taken out of service in 1954.

Course and technical infrastructure

Elevation profile of the canal

The canal begins in the center of Orléans , where it branches off the Loire on the right bank of the river. It initially runs upstream. Only a wall separates it from the river. At Combleux it leaves the Loire Valley and branches off to the northeast. The apex position is at Combreux , where the Étang de la Vallée was created as a water reservoir . From here the canal loops in several loops to the south and south-east, but after crossing the ridge it returns to its original north-east direction and, after a total length of 78 kilometers, reaches the village of Buges , near Montargis , where it joins the Canal de Briare and Canal du Loing empties.

It is a watershed canal with 28 locks . 12 of them overcome the difference in altitude of 33 meters into the Loire Valley. 16 locks overcome the 42 meters to the Loing. After several modifications, the locks on the Loire side are designed for the Freycinet dimension (39 × 5.20 m) and on the Loing side for the standard ship size Becquey (30.40 × 5.20).

Coordinates

Starting point of the canal: 47 ° 53 '53 " N , 1 ° 55' 2" E Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '53 " N , 1 ° 55' 2" E47.898055555556 1.9172222222222
End point of canal: 48 ° 1 ′ 38 ″ N , 2 ° 43 ′ 19 ″ E48.027222222222 2.7219444444444

Places on the canal

history

The canal was built between 1680 and 1693. After its opening, the ships from the Loire could reach the Seine via the Canal d'Orléans and the Canal du Loing and thus get directly to Paris . As the transport performance decreased more and more over the years, the canal was removed from the list of navigable waters in France in 1954 and sold by the state to the local authorities . The current owner, the General Council of the Loiret Department, is working on the restoration of the canal and intends to reopen it for water tourism with pleasure boats and houseboats . With this aim in mind , the Association pour la Navigation du Canal d'Orléans (ANCO) was founded. On the Loire side, the expansion to Grignon has been completed.

Web links

Commons : Canal d'Orléans - collection of images, videos and audio files

Information about the channel in the Babel project (French)
Information on the reopening of the canal (French)

literature

David Edwards-May: Inland waters of France , 5th edition, Verlag Edition Maritim, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-922117-61-9

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The information on the canal length is based on the information on the Canal d'Orléans from SANDRE (French), accessed on November 14, 2011, rounded to the nearest full kilometer.
↑ canal expansion