Canal latéral à l'Aisne explained

Canal latéral à l'Aisne
Canal Length:51.3km (31.9miles)
Lock Length:46m (151feet)
Lock Width:7.95m (26.08feet)
Min Boat Draft:1.80m
Min Boat Air Draft:3.50m
Current Num Locks:8
Status:Open
Date Approved:1834
Date Completed:1841
Start Point:Vieux-lès-Asfeld
End Point:Condé-sur-Aisne
Begin Coord:49.4483°N 4.0953°W (easternmost point)
End Coord:49.4013°N 3.4843°W (westernmost point)
Connects To:Aisne, Canal des Ardennes

The Canal latéral à l'Aisne (in French pronounced as /kanal lateʁal a lɛn/) is a canal in northern France, which connects the Canal des Ardennes at Vieux-lès-Asfeld to the canalised river Aisne at Condé-sur-Aisne. It is 51.3km (31.9miles) long, with 8 locks. It runs alongside the Aisne. It has junctions with the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne at Berry-au-Bac and with the Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne in Bourg-et-Comin.

En route

Kilometre distances are given from east to west, and are continued along the canalised river Aisne down to the junction with the river Oise at PK 108

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