Channels, aqueducts, locks, gazes classified in the Loiret

45450 Fay-aux-Loges

The former Fay-aux-Loges power station, built in the early twentieth century, was used to power the Orléans Canal. Today transformed into a restaurant, it bears witness to the industrial heritage of the Centre-Val de Loire region.

45260 Coudroy

The Lock at the Sas de Choiseau, built in the 17th and 19th centuries on the Canal d'Orléans in Coudroy, is a remarkable hydraulic structure with its lockhouse and rack valve system.

Lock
45120 Châlette-sur-Loing

The Buges Lock Site, built in the 18th and 19th centuries in Châlette-sur-Loing (Loiret), is a historic hydraulic complex that marks the junction of the canals of Orléans, Briare and Loing, including a lock, a lock house and metal bridges.

Lock
45230 Châtillon-Coligny

The lock site of Briquemaut, built at the end of the 19th century at Châtillon-Coligny, includes a lock in the sas, a lock house and a rare metal drawbridge still functional.

Lock
45260 Vieilles-Maisons-sur-Joudry

The Grignon site, located in Vieilles-Maisons-sur-Joudry (Loiret), is a historical section of the Canal d'Orléans dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, including locks, biefs and industrial remains related to its river and commercial exploitation.

Lock
45230 Dammarie-sur-Loing

The lock scale of the Moulin-Brûlé, built between 1604 and 1642 in Dammaria-sur-Loing (Centre-Val de Loire), is a set of four locks adjacent to the Briare Canal, expanded in the 19th century and abandoned in 1885-1890.

Channel
45250 Briare

The Briare Canal Bridge, built at the end of the 19th century, is a 662-metre metallic structure crossing the Loire at Briare (Loiret). It connects the lateral canal to the Loire to the Briare Canal, marking a major technical advance.