Canal de Saint-Quentin
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The Canal de Saint-Quentin is a canal in northern France. It connects the canalised river Escaut in Cambrai to the Canal latéral à l'Oise and Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne in Chauny.
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Canal de Saint-Quentin | |
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Lock Noyelles-sur-Escaut on Canal Saint-Quentin | |
Specifications | |
Length | 92.5 km (57.5 mi) |
Maximum boat length | 38.50 m (126.3 ft) |
Maximum boat beam | 5.05 m (16.6 ft) |
Minimum boat draft | 2.20 m (7.2 ft) |
Minimum boat air draft | 3.50 m (11.5 ft) |
Locks | 35 |
Total rise | 43 m |
Status | Open |
History | |
Former names | Canal Crozat or Canal de Picardie between Chauny and Saint-Simon, in 1738 |
Current owner | Voies Navigables de France |
Principal engineer | Original engineer named Devicq in 1727. Died in 1742. |
Other engineer(s) | Revised plan by Laurent de Lyonne. Work began in 1768. |
Date completed | 1810 |
Geography | |
Start point | Canalised Escaut River (Scheldt) in Cambrai |
End point | Chauny |
Beginning coordinates | 50.17646°N 3.22173°E / 50.17646; 3.22173 |
Ending coordinates | 49.60814°N 3.22526°E / 49.60814; 3.22526 |
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The first part was built between Chauny and Saint-Simon in 1738. Napoleon opened the second part in April 1810. [1]