Haute-Saône Canal

Canal de la Haute-Saône
Map
Specifications
Length10 km (6.2 mi) to Botans,[1] 14.9 km (9.3 mi) to Belfort[2]
Locks5
StatusClosed[1]
History
Former namesCanal de Montbéliard à la Haute-Saône
Construction began1882
Date completed1923
Geography
DirectionEast/West
Start pointCanal du Rhône au Rhin at Allenjoie
End pointBotans
Beginning coordinates47°31′25″N 6°52′47″E / 47.5237°N 6.8798°E / 47.5237; 6.8798

The Canal de la Haute-Saône (French pronunciation: [kanal də la ot son]), also canal de Montbéliard à la Haute-Saône ([kanal də mɔ̃beljaʁ a la ot son]), is a canal in eastern France. Although it was designed to connect the upper course of the river Saône (in Conflandey) with the Canal du Rhône au Rhin (in Allenjoie) along Lure and Ronchamp, only the short section between Allenjoie and Botans has been opened in 1923.[3] In the section between Ronchamp and Botans, several locks and tunnels have been built, but it was never used. The section Allenjoie-Botans is 10 km long with five locks.[1][2] It was closed in 2013.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Fluviacarte, Embranchement de Belfort
  2. ^ a b McKnight, Hugh (2005). Cruising French Waterways, 4th Edition. Sheridan House. ISBN 978-1574092103.
  3. ^ Le canal de Montbéliard à la Haute Saône, M. Lanoir, Annales de Géographie, 1931