Canal de Caen à la Mer
| Canal de Caen à la Mer | |
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 The canal in Caen |
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| Water code | FR : I2665102 |
| location | France , Normandy region |
| length | 15 km |
| Built | 1837-1857 |
| Beginning | Branch from the Orne River in Caen |
| The End | It flows into the Orne at its mouth into the English Channel at Ouistreham |
| Descent structures | 1 (Ouistreham) |
| Ports | Caen, Ouistreham |
| Used river | Orne |
| Outstanding structures | Pegasus Bridge |
| Downhill | Towards the sea |
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The Canal de Caen à la Mer is a shipping canal that runs in France , in the Calvados department , in the Normandy region .
Course and technical infrastructure
It is a canal of the marine canal type , but can also be assigned to the side canal type , as it was laid parallel to the Orne River . It connects the city port (Bassin Saint-Pierre) of Caen with the English Channel at Ouistreham over a distance of 15 kilometers. The difference in height is only around four meters, and a lock was built to overcome it, which in the current expansion stage has two parallel lock chambers with 225 × 28 m and 181 × 18 m and thus for some ocean-going ships an entrance deep into the inland, up to the departmental capital Caen , allowed. The canal is supplied with water by the Orne River.
Coordinates
- Starting point of the canal: 49 ° 10 ′ 57 ″ N , 0 ° 21 ′ 12 ″ W
- End point of the canal: 49 ° 17 ′ 7 ″ N , 0 ° 14 ′ 50 ″ W.
Places on the canal
Attractions
- Pegasus Bridge , a lifting bridge over the canal
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the canal is based on the information on the Canal de Caen à la Mer from SANDRE (French), accessed on February 7, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.
