Canal de Givors | |
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Specifications | |
Canal length: | 56 km (35 mi) [1] |
Current locks: | 99 [1] |
Status: | Mostly destroyed |
History | |
Principal Engineer(s): | Francis Zechariah and his son William |
Construction began: | 1750 [2] |
Date of first use: | 1781 [3] |
Date completed: | 1780 [2] |
Geography |
The Canal de Givors is a long since disused canal originally located in Givors France. It was intended to be a 99 km waterway with 11 locks between the Rhone and the Loire.[1]