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Blason Centre Val-de-Loire

Sélection de 8 canals, aqueducts, locks and gazes classified sur 15 dans le Centre Val-de-Loire

Boizard dam and locks
Lock
28190 Pontgouin

The dam and locks of Boizard, built in the 17th century in Pontgouin (Eure-et-Loir), are part of the unfinished Eure canal, designed by Vauban to supply Versailles with water under Louis XIV.
Lock ladder of the Moulin-Brûlé
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.
Tranchasse Lock
Lock
18200 Colombiers

The Tranchasse Lock, located in Colombiers (Cher), is a 19th-century building linked to the Berry Canal, abandoned since 1956. This 96-metre canal bridge, classified as a historic monument, bears witness to industrial river engineering.
Bridge-channel of La Croix
Channel
18200 Ainay-le-Vieil

The La Croix Canal Bridge, also known as the Chatard Bridge, is a 19th-century building located in Ainay-le-Vieil (Dear), allowing the Berry Canal to cross the Chadet Creek. Listed as historical monuments in 2009, it is the smallest canal bridge in the Berry Canal, with a unique stone arch.
Canal bridge of La Tranchasse
Jacques-Coeur Road
18200 Ainay-le-Vieil

The canal bridge of La Tranchasse, disused since 1956, is a 19th-century building located in Ainay-le-Vieil (Dear), formerly allowing the Berry Canal to cross the Cher for 96 metres.
Site de Grignon à Vieilles-Maisons-sur-Joudry
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.
Nitray's mobile needleed dam site
Lock
37270 Athée-sur-Cher

Nitray's mobile needleed dam, built in 1841 on the Cher in Atheia-sur-Cher (Indre-et-Loire), is a 19th-century hydraulic structure designed to make the river navigable, now a historic monument.
Briquemaut Lock Site
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.