Bassin de Naurouze

The Bassin de Naurouze is an octagonal holding tank, created during the building of the Canal du Midi as designed and built by Pierre-Paul Riquet. It was abandoned a few years after construction of the canal because of its recurrent silting problems. The flow of water from the Bassin de Saint-Ferréol joins the Canal du Midi at this point near the Seuil de Naurouze. Riquet hoped to build a city around the basin and also considered building a port. However, it easily filled with silt and its use discontinued. A lawn replaced the empty pool, and it is crossed by a straight path lined with plane trees. ^[1] ^[2]

Gallery

Spillway in Naurouze
Riquet Obelisk
Water joins the Canal from the Bassin de Naurouze
Riquet Obelisk
Rigole de la plaine empties into the Bassin de Naurouze
Summit level sign
Lock on the Canal du Midi at Naurouze.

References

^ Rolt, L. T. C. (1973). From Sea to Sea: The Canal Du Midi. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-0152-1.
^ Mukerji, Chandra (2009). Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14032-2.

43°21′09″N 1°49′17″E / 43.3526°N 1.8215°E / 43.3526; 1.8215

[rolt-1] Rolt, L. T. C. (1973). From Sea to Sea: The Canal Du Midi. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-0152-1.

[chandra-2] Mukerji, Chandra (2009). Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14032-2.

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