Canale Industriale del Ticino
The Canale Industriale is an artificial waterway created during industrialization , which branches off from the Ticino (Ticino) in northern Italy near the Swiss border and overcomes differences in height of up to 12 m with locks from the turn of the century. The canal was opened in 1900 as Canale industriale Vittorio Emanuele III and was built to generate electricity from hydropower. The canal is still used to generate electricity today. It flows into the medieval Naviglio Grande .
Individual evidence
- ↑ IL “CANALE INDUSTRIALE DEL TICINO” E LA CENTRALE IDROELETTRICA DI VIZZOLA from La Nona Campana , February 2005
- ↑ Idrotour Lombardia ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 45 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 41 ′ 25 ″ E