Canal d'Orléans

Course outline of the channel

The Canal d' Orléans ( dt: Orleans Canal ) is a former shipping canal in France, which runs in the Loiret in the Centre region and overcomes the ridge between the valleys of the Loire and Loing. He was taken to shipping in 1954 out of service.

Development and technical infrastructure

The canal begins in the city center of Orléans, where he diverges from the Loire River on the right bank. He first runs - only separated by a wall of river - in upstream leading direction. In Combleux he leaves the Loire Valley and branches off to the northeast. The summit level is Combreux, where it was applied as a water reservoir of the Etang de la Vallée. From here the channel pulls in several loops towards the south and southeast, takes after crossing the ridge but returns to its original northeast and reached after a total length of 78 kilometers, the place the bow in Montargis, where he and at the intersection of Canal de Briare Canal du Loing flows.

He is in type a watershed channel and has 28 locks. 12 of them overcome the height difference of 33 meters in the Loire Valley, the remaining 16 locks are required for the 42 meters to the Loing. After several modifications, the locks on the Loire side for the measure Freycinet (39 × 5.20 m ) and on the Loing page for the ship standard size Becquey ( 30.40 × 5.20 ) are designed.

Coordinates

  • Source of the canal: 47 ° 53 ' 53 " N, 1 ° 55 ' 2" O47.8980555555561.9172222222222Koordinaten: 47 ° 53 ' 53 " N, 1 ° 55 ' 2" O
  • Endpoint of the channel: 48 ° 1 ' 38 " N, 2 ° 43' 19" O48.0272222222222.7219444444444

Places on the canal

  • Orléans
  • Combleux
  • Chécy
  • Fay- aux- Loges
  • Vitry -aux -Loges
  • Combreux
  • Sury -aux -Bois
  • Coudroy
  • Chailly -en- Gâtinais
  • Chevillon -sur- Huillard

History

The canal was built in the years 1680-1693. After its opening, the ships of the Loire via the Canal d' Orléans and the Canal du Loing could reach the Seine and thus go directly to Paris. Since the transport performance decreased more and more over the years, the channel was in 1954 removed from the list of navigable waters of France and sold by the State to the authorities. The current owner, the General Council of the department of Loiret, is working on the restoration of the channel and intends to re-open for the water tourism with sports and houseboats. With this objective, the Association pour la Navigation du Canal d' Orléans ( ANCO ) was founded.

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