L'écluse Saint-Pierre, Canal de Brienne - Toulouse, France
N 43° 36.233 E 001° 26.050
31T E 373627 N 4829069
[FR] La construction du canal de Brienne fut décidée par les États de Languedoc en 1760. [EN] The Canal de Brienne is a French canal connecting the Garonne River with the Canal du Midi and the Canal de Garonne.
Waymark Code: WMEE9J
Location: Occitanie, France
Date Posted: 05/15/2012
Views: 7
[FR] Le canal du Midi passait au-delà des murs de la ville et rejoignait la Garonne en aval de la chaussée du Bazacle. La création du canal de Brienne rendait ainsi le centre de la ville accessible par voie d'eau.
Les travaux débutèrent en 1765 et conduisirent au creusement du canal et d'un port à l'embouchure des deux canaux (aux Ponts-Jumeaux) ; il fut inauguré le 14 avril 1776.
Au départ nommé canal Saint-Pierre, il prendra le nom de canal de Brienne, en l'honneur d'Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727-1794), archevêque de Toulouse.
[EN] It has two locks. The lock opening to the Garonne is known as Ecluse Saint-Pierre. The lock nearer to the Canal du Midi usually stands open. The canal is in the centre of Toulouse, in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. It runs for only 1,560 m (0.97 mi) from its source at Bazacle on the Garonne to its terminal basin where it meets the Canal du Midi. At the joining with the Canal du Midi is the Ponts Jumeaux (English: twin bridges).
The canal was inaugurated on 14 April 1776. It was intended to carry water from the Garonne to the Canal latéral à la Garonne and provide a navigable route to the port de la Daurade, situated in the centre of Toulouse on the Garonne.
It owes its name to Etienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727–1794), archbishop of Toulouse.
Waterway Name: Canal de Brienne
Connected Points:
the Garonne to the Canal latéral à la Garonne
Type: Lock
Date Opened: 04/14/1776
Date Closed (if applicable): 08/06/1842
Elevation Difference (meters): 4.00
Site Status: Operational
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