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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 19, 2012
Caption: Le Canal du Midi/Le Site de Fonseranes
Additional Description: 1667: Pose de la première pierre 1681: Ouverture du canal à la navigation 15 ans de travaux 12000 ouvriers dont 600 femmes 328 ouvrages d’art dont 64 ecluses, 54 aqueducs, 7 pont-canaux, des épanchoirs de tunnels, des maisons éclusieres 1400 plantanes et cypres plantes le long des berges. 240 km de canal entre Toulouse et Sète Le Canal du Midi Aujourd’hi Deux activities principales: - le transport d’eau pour l’irrigation de terres : 300 millions de m3/an - le tourisme fluvial : 400 bateaux de location en activité, 8200 passages par an aux Ecluses de Fonseranes [The Canal du Midi Fonseranes Site 1667: Laying the first stone 1681: Opening of the canal to navigation 15 years of work 12,000 workers, including 600 women 328 structures including 64 locks, 54 aqueducts, 7-bridge channels, epanchoirs of tunnels, lock houses 1400 trees and cypress plants along the banks. 240 km canal from Toulouse to Sete The Canal du Midi Aujourd'hi Two main activities: - Carrying water for the irrigation of land: 300 million m3/year - River tourism: 400 boats rental activity, 8200 passages per year to Locks Fonseranes]
Submitted: October 12, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p223275
File Size: 2.967 Megabytes

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