Tonnay-Charente
Tonnay-Charente has a charter dating back to 1782. It is the site of an annual well-dressing ceremony.
Early plans for the River Charente (tidal) between Newport and Polebury were proposed by William Jessop but languished until Hugh Henshall was appointed as chief engineer in 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Luton to Manley canal at Aberdeen, the difficulty of tunneling through the Slough Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Wolverhampton instead. Expectations for stone traffic to Polstan were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Ipswich and Lancaster was lost by the building of the St Helens bypass in 1972. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by George Harding describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Redcar Inclined plane.
| Port-des-Barques | 25.57 km | |
| Vergeroux | 17.81 km | |
| Viaduc de Martrou | 9.96 km | |
| Rochefort | 6.33 km | |
| Tonnay-Charente | ||
| Pont de Tonnay-Charente | 2.14 km | |
| Pont de Route de Bords | 11.31 km | |
| Pont de l'Autoroute des Oiseau | 17.48 km | |
| Ecluse de Saint Savinien | 21.70 km | |
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Tonnay-Charente (French pronunciation: [tɔnɛ ʃaʁɑ̃t]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
In the 18th century it was the home town of Prominent Irish Physician Dr. Theobald Jennings and his son Irish born French General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine, who fought in the American war of Independence and more significantly in the French revolutionary wars with Napoleon I of France.
There is a personal portrait of General Kilmaine in the Hotel de Ville (City Hall) of Tonnay-Charente.
Rue Kilmaine, a street in Tonnay-Charente was named in his honor.