Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Canal du Midi' has mentioned 'Water' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| The challenges in these works are closely related to the challenges of inland water transport today. | WIKI |
| The key challenge, raised by Pierre-Paul Riquet, was to convey water from the Montagne Noire (Black Mountains) to the Seuil de Naurouze, the highest point of the canal. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Location and profile of the canal 1.2 Legal status 2 History 2.1 Abandoned projects 2.2 Study of the project 2.2.1 Highlights 2.2.2 Inaccuracies by Pierre-Paul Riquet 2.2.3 Study techniques 2.3 Political and economic context 2.4 The edict of Louis XIV and the financing of the project 2.5 Construction of the canal 2.5.1 Work organization and social conditions 2.5.2 Trades and work measures implemented 2.6 Inauguration 2.7 Supplementary works 2.8 Operation and life of the canal 2.8.1 Management 2.8.2 Maintenance 2.8.3 The economy around the canal 2.8.4 The boats 2.8.5 Influence on Hungary 2.9 Rail competition 2.10 The end of merchant traffic 2.11 The canal in the 21st century 2.11.1 A canal for tourism and recreation 2.11.2 A canal for water 2.11.3 The Canal as heritage 3 The structures 3.1 Water supply for the canal 3.2 The locks 3.3 The ports 3.4 The aqueducts 3.5 Other structures 4 Flora and fauna 5 The Canal du Midi as a model 6 People linked to the canal 7 See also 8 Notes 8.1 Comments 8.2 Citations 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links | WIKI |
| [12] These projects were abandoned because they did not give enough thought to the water supply for the canal and provided a system of diversion of water from Pyrxc3xa9nxc3xa9es rivers too complex or impossible to implement. | WIKI |
| In 1650 another engineer also proposed to divert water from the Arixc3xa8ge to Cintegabelle to bring a non-navigable canal to Pech-David near Toulouse. | WIKI |
| Again, the question arose of how to carry water to the Seuil de Naurouze at a greater height than that of Toulouse. | WIKI |
| The major problem was how to supply the summit sections with enough water. | WIKI |
| The late King Henry IV, grandfather of our monarch, wished passionately to do this work, the late Cardinal de Joyeuse had started to do some work and Cardinal Richelieu wanted this achievement, in the history of France, the collected works of the said Cardinal de Joyeuse and several other writings warrant the truth; but until today, nobody had thought about how the river can be used to find an easy route for the canal, because it had then been imagined that the use of rivers and machines for raising water were insurmountable obstacles. | WIKI |
| His idea was to get water flowing from the Montagne Noire. | WIKI |
| The water from the Sor passing near Revel was the main supply envisaged by Riquet. | WIKI |
| [21] To store the river water he planned to create three basins: the Reservoir of Lampy-Vieux, a hexagonal harbour basin at Naurouze, and the Bassin de Saint-Ferrxc3xa9ol with a large earth dam across the mouth of the valley of the Laudot stream. | WIKI |
| He then built a test channel diverting water from the Sor to the Seuil de Naurouze. | WIKI |
| It was the Rigole de la plaine which he completed in 1665 and used to prove that it is possible to bring water to the highest points of the course of the canal. | WIKI |
| Riquet studied in depth the supply of water to the canal at the Seuil de Naurouze. | WIKI |
| In addition, to overcome his technical shortcomings, he was surrounded by many technicians such as Hector Boutheroxc3xbce, Franxc3xa7ois Andreossy surveyor and cartographer, and Pierre Campmas an expert in water flows. | WIKI |
| He also set up experiments using the Rigole de la plaine which allowed him to prove that it was possible to bring the water up to the Seuil de Naurouze from the river Sor in the Montagne Noire. | WIKI |
| [22] He also built on his property in Bonrepos a model of the canal with locks, tunnels, and xc3xa9panchoirs (spillways)[27] reproducing the slopes and feeding all with water. | WIKI |
| At the age of 63, Riquet started his great enterprise, sending his personal engineer, Franxc3xa7ois Andreossy, and a local water expert, Pierre Roux, to the Montagne Noire to work on the water supply. | WIKI |
| This supply system successfully fed the canal with water where it crossed the continental divide, replacing water that drained toward the two seas. | WIKI |
| [43] A first filling of water was made between the seuil de Naurouze and Toulouse during the winter of 1671xe2x80x931672 and the first boat traffic could begin. | WIKI |
| The filling with water had been done showing a measure of the progress of checks to Castelnaudary (the section Toulouse-Castelnaudary had water since 1672). | WIKI |
| He also built many masonry structures to isolate the many rivers that flow into the canal and spillways to regulate the water level. | WIKI |
| This series of works, which lasted until 1694, greatly improved the supply and management of water. | WIKI |
| In addition rather than cross multiple locks travellers were transferred from one vessel to another which saved time and saved water used for the opening of the locks. | WIKI |
| They relaunched in part the merchant traffic on the canal but commercial and merchant inland water shipping finally disappeared around the late 1980s. | WIKI |
| A horse can tow up to 120 times its weight when the load is on the water. | WIKI |
| A canal for water[edit] | WIKI |
| Arrival of the Rigole de la plaine in the basin of Naurouze, the main source of water for the Canal du Midi | WIKI |
| The Rigole de la plaine carries water from the Sor tapped from an offtake at Pont Crouzet for irrigation before emptying into the Canal du Midi. | WIKI |
| In addition, individual samples are collected from the water on the area between Revel and the seuil de Naurouze. | WIKI |
| [76] In 1980 the Lac de la Ganguise was built near Castelnaudary providing a water reserve of 22 million cubic metres. | WIKI |
| [77] Near the old basin of Naurouze the Naurouze pumping station helps to regulate the water in the Canal du Midi and the lake. | WIKI |
| An underground pipe, the gallery of Mandore, provides the Naurouze with additional water from the Rigole de la plaine to Lake Ganguise. | WIKI |
| The canal has also provided a supply of drinking water through the water treatment plants at Picotalen (Picotalen I and Picotalen II) since 1973. | WIKI |
| They are part of the installations installed by the Institution for Interdepartmental Hydraulic Planning of Montagne Noire (IIAHMN) since its inception in 1948 to meet the water needs of Lauragais. | WIKI |
| The plant supplies water from the Cammazes channel to nearly 185 communes. | WIKI |
| vteCanal du Midi Legend km (Distance from Toulouse) 240.1 xc3x89tang de Thau 000.0 xc3x89tang de Thau to La Nouvelle Branch Les Onglous Bridge Bagnas Lock Saint-Bauzille Bridge Prades Bridge Prades Lock Enter Hxc3xa9rault River Leave Hxc3xa9rault River Agde Round Lock Three-arched Bridge Railway Bridge Pont Neuf, Vias (N112) Agde bypass Pont Vieux, Vias Ouvrages du Libron Port Cassafieres Roquehaute Bridge Portiragne Lock Caylus Bridge Cers Bridge Villeneuve Lock Motorway Bridge (A9) Ariege Lock Capiscol Bridge Lift Bridge (disused, remains open) Footbridge Bridge Beziers Lock Bxc3xa9ziers Orb Lock Orb Aqueduct Fonserannes Lock andFonserannes water slope (disused) Narbonne Bridge Gourgasse Bridge Colombiers Bridge Colombiers Malpas Tunnel Regimont Bridge Poihles Bridge Trezilles Bridge (D11) Capestang Capestang Bridge Malveis Bridge Pigasse Bridge Seriege Bridge Pont Vieux, Argeliers Pont de la Province Railway Bridge 168.5 Junction with La Nouvelle branch 000.0 La Nouvelle Branch to summit level Truilhas Bridge Port de la Robine Cesse Aqueduct Pont Vieux, Le Somail Pont Neuf (D607) Saint-Nazaire Bridge Ventenac d'Aude Bridge Rxc3xa9pudre Aqueduct Paraza Bridge Roubia Bridge Argens Lock Argens-Minervois Bridge Pechlaurier Lock Ognon Bridge (D11) Ognon stop-lock (left open) Ognon Lock Homps Lock Homps Bridge Homps Jouarres Bridge Jouarres Lock Metairie du Bois Bridge Argent-Double Aqueduct Pont Neuf Rivassel Aqueduct Pont Vieux, La Redorte Puicheric Lock Railway Bridge (disused) Pont Rieux, Puichxc3xa9ric Aiguille Lock Saint-Martin Lock Fonfile Lock Marseillette Lock Marseillette Bridge Millegrand Bridge Millepetit Bridge Saint-Julia Bridge Trxc3xa8bes Lock Trxc3xa8bes Orbiel Aqueduct Rode Bridge Villedubert Lock Eveque Lock Mejeanne Bridge Conques Bridge Fresquel Single Lock Fresquel Double Lock Fresquel Aqueduct St John Lock Toulouse-Narbonne mainline Carcassonne Lock Carcassonne Pont de la Paix Iena Bridge Ladouce Lock Herminis Lock Lalande Lock Rocles Bridge, Pezens Caux-et-Sauzens Bridge Villesxc3xa9quelande Lock Villesxc3xa8quelande Bridge Saint-Eulalie Bridge Bxc3xa9teille Lock Diable Bridge Toulouse-Narbonne mainline Bram Bridge Bram Lock Sauzens Lock Villepinte Lock Villepinte Bridge Trxc3xa9boul Lock Criminelle Lock Peyruque Lock Guerre Lock, Saint-Martin-Lalande Saint-Sernin Lock Guilhermin Lock Vivier Lock Gay Lock Saint-Roch Lock Saint-Roch Bridge Grand Bassin, Castelnaudary Pont Vieux Castelnaudary Pont Neuf Laplanque Lock Domergue Lock Laurens Lock Roc Lock Mxc3xa9diterranxc3xa9e Lock La Sxc3xa9gala Bridge La Sxc3xa9gala 52.1 Summit feeder 52.1 Pierre-Paul Riquet Memorial 000.0 Summit level to Canal de Garonne Ocxc3xa9an Lock Toulouse-Narbonne mainline Autoroute des Deux Mers (A61) Port Lauragais Marina Emborrel Lock Encassan Lock Renneville Lock Hers Aqueduct Gardouch Aqueduct Laval Lock Vieillevigne Bridge Nxc3xa9gra Lock Enserny Bridge Sanglier Lock Aygues-Vives Lock N113 Basiege Bridge Montgiscard Montgiscard Lock Montgisgard Bridge Donneville Bridge Deyme Bridge Vic Lock Castanet Lock Port Sud, Ramonville Madron Bridge Ramonville Footbridge A61 spur Toulouse bypass Demoiselles Bridge Soupirs Footbridge Port Saint-Sauveur, Toulouse Saint-Saveur Bridge Port Saint-Etienne, Toulouse Guilhemxc3xa9ry Bridge Colombette Bridge Constantine Bridge Riquet Bridge Bayard Lock Matabiau Bridge Raisin Footbridge Nxc3xa9greneys Footbridge Minimes Bridge Minimes Lock Nymphxc3xa9e Footbridge Bxc3xa9arnais Lock Ponts Jumeaux 0.2 Junction with Canal de Garonne 0.0 Port de l'Embouchure, Toulouse | WIKI |
| It takes 90 million cubic metres of water to feed the canal for one year. | WIKI |
| The Bassin de Saint-Ferrxc3xa9ol was and remains the main water reservoir for the canal with a surface of 67 hectares. | WIKI |
| The channel surrounds the basin and can evacuate any excess water. | WIKI |
| In 1957 the Cammazes dam with a capacity of 20 million cubic metres of water was filled on the Sor which completed and finalized the supply network. | WIKI |
| This lake provides drinking water to more than 200 communes in the region. | WIKI |
| They had a "vantelle" (valve) controlled by a rack and pinion that allowed the draining of water from the lock chamber. | WIKI |
| All the locks had to contain the same volume of water, but could not have precisely the same shape. | WIKI |
| They allow the canal to cross rivers that could disrupt the water flow in the canal. | WIKI |
| In fact, the rivers flowing into the canal cause an overflow of water during flooding and fill the canal with silt. | WIKI |
| the Argent-Double spillway located in La Redorte near the Argent-Double Aqueduct: this work incorporates eleven successive stone arches contemporary to Vauban, its designer; it was built by Antoine de Niquet and allows for the overflow water from the canal to be discharged into the stream | WIKI |
| The Water slope at Fonsxc3xa9ranes, not a work contemporary with Riquet. | WIKI |
| the Fonserannes water slope, which bypasses the 6-lock staircase at Fonserannes, was built at the time when the canal was to be upgraded to Freycinet gauge to save time and allow larger vessels to work on. | WIKI |
| and used the water height differences to power Quern-stones to grind grain from the commissioning of the canal. | WIKI |
| The canal is a long ribbon of water stretching through the landscape and attracts many animal species. | WIKI |
| Finally, many animals and birds come to drink water from the canal. | WIKI |