Canal des Salines
| Canal des Salines | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 4 km (2.5 mi) [1] |
| Status | Closed [1] Destroyed [2] |
| History | |
| Principal engineer | C. C. Robin (1806), Alfred Picard (1870) [2] |
| Date approved | 1806 [1] |
| Date closed | 1939 [1] 1940 [2] |
| Geography | |
| Direction | East/West |
| Beginning coordinates | 48°51′50″N 6°55′59″E / 48.8639°N 6.9330°E |
The Canal des Salines was a planned canal in north eastern France. In its full extent it would have connected the river Sarre at Sarralbe with the river Moselle at Metz, via Dieuze and Château-Salins. Only 4 km were completed, between Mittersheim and Loudrefing.[1] The section between Sarralbe and Mittersheim was replaced by the Canal de la Sarre, built in the 1860s.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e McKnight, Hugh (2005). Cruising French Waterways, 4th Edition. Sheridan House. ISBN 978-1-57409-087-1.
- ^ a b c "Project Babel". Retrieved 23 April 2010.