Channel of the Marne in the Rhine
The Channel of the Marne in the Rhine , length 312 km, connects the Marne (with Vitry-le-François) to the the Rhine (with Strasbourg). By the side Channel of the Marne, it is connected to the navigable network of the the Seine towards the Île-de-France and the Normandy.
History
The first projects go back to the years 1780, but the study of the channel was carried out by the civil engineer Brissos as from 1826. Work was undertaken by the engineer polytechnician Charles-Etienne Collignon (1802-1885). Started in 1838, the channel was brought into service in 1853.
Human and animal traction makes place with the electric traction as from 1895, on rails or road, and tires as from 1933, before the generalization of the motorized barges.
Description
The channel crosses the line of the the Vosges by perforated Col of Saverne. It is a channel with small gauge accessible only to the Péniche S from 350 to 400 tons (Gabarit Freycinet).
The the most remarkable work is the tilted Plan of Saint-Louis-Arzviller. The channel comprises also three Tunnel S and several tubular bridges.
It is fed by water of the the Saar.
The way
Points crossed by the channel of the Marne in the Rhine:
- Bar-le-Duc,
- the tunnel of Mauvages,
- Toul
- Liverdun
- Frouard where it is connected to the the channeled Moselle of which it borrows the course between Toul and Frouard.
- Nancy with connection to the Channel of the East.
- Saint-Nicolas-of-Port
- Héming close it is connected to the Canal of the collieries of the Saar
- the tunnels of Arzviller and the tilted Plan of Saint-Louis-Arzviller
- Saverne
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