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  6. Bridge rising from the street of Crimea to Paris

 Bridge rising from the street of Crimea to Paris à Paris 1er dans Paris 19ème

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Pont

Bridge rising from the street of Crimea to Paris

    Rue de Crimée
    75019 Paris 19e Arrondissement
Ownership of the municipality
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Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
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Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
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Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
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Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
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Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
Pont levant de la rue de Crimée à Paris
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Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1802
Consulate Law
1808
Inauguration basin of the Villette
1871
Fire from the wooden bridge
1874
Hydraulic turning bridge
1885
Inauguration of current rising bridge
1993
Historical monument classification
2010-2011
Complete renovation
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Heritage classified

The lift bridge and its mechanism, the pedestrian bridge and the command post on the west side of the street of Crimea (non-cadastre) : inscription by order of 12 February 1993

Key figures

Edmond Humblot - Chief Engineer of Bridges and Chaussées Manufacturer of the 1885 rising bridge.
Louis Le Chatelier - Bridge and Chaussées Engineer Head of the site under Humblot.
Pierre-Simon Girard - Chief Engineer (early 19th) Initiator of the Ourcq channels.
François Mantion - Builder of the rising bridge (1868) Author of a lifting bridge prior to slaughterhouses.

Origin and history

The rising bridge of the street of Crimea, located in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, is a metal structure built in 1885 to replace a rotating bridge dating back to 1874. It crosses the Ourcq Canal at the intersection of the Villette Basin, connecting the Oise and Marne wharfs. This bridge, still in service, is operated nearly 9,000 times a year to allow boats to pass, while allowing pedestrians to cross via an adjacent fixed bridge.

This bridge was designed as part of an extensive programme to modernize the Parisian canals, launched after the acquisition of private concessions by the City of Paris in 1876. The engineer Edmond Humblot, assisted by Louis Le Chalier, opted for a parallel lifting system, a first in France, with an apron balanced by counterweights and operated by hydraulic pistons. This innovative choice avoided the disadvantages of rotating or rolling bridges, considered unsuitable for the site.

The bridge was built by Fives-Lille, which filed a patent for its mechanism in 1883. At the time, it was the third rising bridge in France, but today it is the last still active in Paris. Ranked a historic monument in 1993, it was completely renovated between 2010 and 2011. Its hydraulic system, initially powered by drinking water, has been upgraded to reduce waste, and its management is now remotely piloted from the control station of the first lock on the Saint-Denis Canal.

The bridge is part of the history of the Parisian canals, whose creation dates back to the early 19th century under Napoleon I. The Villette Basin, completed in 1808, and the Ourcq Canal, opened in 1822, were designed to supply Paris with water and goods. The Port de la Villette, one of the most active in France in the 19th century, required suitable infrastructure, such as this bridge, to reconcile river traffic with urban traffic.

Prior to 1885, a wooden rotating bridge, burned during the Paris Commune in 1871, occupied this site. Replaced in 1874 by a hydraulically operated metal rotating bridge, it was in turn considered insufficient for increasing traffic. The current bridge, with its 85-ton apron and its submerged counterweights, symbolizes the French engineering of the Industrial Revolution, combining functionality and aesthetics.

Today, the rising bridge of the street of Crimea remains a unique testimony of the industrial heritage of Paris. Its mechanism, although modernized, retained the original principles of 1885. It is served by the Crimean, Riquet, Ourcq and Laumière metro stations, and integrates into a district marked by historic places such as the Church of Saint James Saint Christophe or Square Serge Reggiani.

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