Castanet Lock

Castanet
Waterway Canal du Midi
Country France
Maintained by Voies navigables de France
Operation Hydraulic
First built c1670
Above sea level 148m
Distance to
Toulouse		 15.7km
Coordinates 43°31′24.89″N 1°31′7.36″E / 43.5235806°N 1.5187111°E / 43.5235806; 1.5187111Coordinates: 43°31′24.89″N 1°31′7.36″E / 43.5235806°N 1.5187111°E / 43.5235806; 1.5187111

Castanet Lock (French: écluse de Castanet) is a single chamber lock on the Canal du Midi in Castanet-Tolosan (Haute-Garonne, France).

It is the first lock with an elliptical chamber, as Riquet realised it was the best fit solution due to mechanical stress from surrounding areas.[1]

Castanet Lock is at an altitude of 148m and is ascending when travelling west–east. The adjacent locks are Vic Lock to the east and Bayard Lock to the west.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Une écluse à Castanet-Tolosan". canaldumidi.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-28.



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