Cesse Aqueduct
Cesse Aqueduct (French: Pont-Canal de la Cesse) is one of several aqueducts, or water bridge, created for the Canal du Midi. Originally, the canal crossed the Cesse on the level. Pierre-Paul Riquet, the original architect of the canal, had placed a curved dam 205 metres (673 ft) long and 9.10 metres (29.9 ft) high across the Cesse in order to collect water to make the crossing possible; the aqueduct replaced this dam.
Pont-canal de la Cesse | |
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Coordinates | 43°16′48″N 2°54′55″E |
Carries | Canal du Midi |
Crosses | River Cesse |
Locale | Mirepeisset |
Characteristics | |
Trough construction | Masonry |
Pier construction | Masonry |
Towpaths | Both |
Longest span | 18.3 metres (60 ft) |
No. of spans | 3 |
History | |
Opened | 1690 |
Location | |
The Cesse Aqueduct was designed in 1686 by Marshal Sebastien Vauban and completed in 1690 by Antoine Niquet. Master mason was John Gaudot.[1] It has three spans, the middle being 18.3 metres (60 ft) and the side being 14.6 metres (48 ft) each. It is located in Mirepeisset, Aude (11), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, about one mile from the port town of Le Somail. [2] [3]
Cesse Aqueduct dans le cinéma
In 1967, a scene from "Le Petit Baigneur" directed by Robert Dhéry, with Louis de Funès, was filmed a Cesse Aqueduct.
- Pont-Canal de la Cesse
- The hotel barge Anjodi crossing the Cesse River on the Canal du Midi.
- Side view of Anjodi crossing the Cesse. Here, you can see the Cesse River running underneath the Canal du Midi.
See also
References
- "Nicolas Janberg's Structurae article on Cesse Canal Bridge". Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- Rolt, L. T. C. (1973). From Sea to Sea: The Canal du Midi. Allen Lane. pp. 122–129. ISBN 0-7139-0471-2.
- Mukerji, Chandra (2009). Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14032-2.