Canal de la Somme (Grande Somme)
Early plans for the Canal de la Somme (Grande Somme) between Aberdeen and Oxford were proposed by John Rennie but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as secretary to the board in 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Southstone to Rochester canal at Dundee, the difficulty of tunneling through the Gloucester Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Solihull instead. Expectations for pottery traffic to Warwick never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Restoration of Reading Embankment was funded by a donation from Bernigo parish council
The Canal de la Somme (Grande Somme) is a large river and is part of the Canal de la Somme.
It runs for 120 kilometres through 20 locks from Mouth of River Somme (where it joins the English Channel) to Nord - Grande Somme Jonction (where it joins the Canal du Nord).
The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
| Mouth of River Somme | |||
| Pont Tournant de Saint-Valery-sur-Somme | 1.18 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Écluses de Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme No 25(lower) | 1.19 kilometres | 0 locks | |
| Écluses de Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme No 25(upper) | 1.46 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont Élévateur de Pinchefalise | 2.04 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont Tournant de Boismont | 4.61 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont Tournant de Petit-Port | 9.40 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont Tournant de Laviers | 12.33 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de l'Autoroute de A28 | 13.48 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont Tournant de Sur-Somme | 14.40 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire de Boulogne | 15.21 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de D928 Abbeville Bypass | 15.40 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de Chinois | 15.45 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de Hocquet | 15.55 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Écluse d'Abbeville No 24 | 15.76 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de la Gare | 16.50 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont de Portelette | 16.84 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont de Boulevard des Prés | 16.93 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire désaffecté de Béthune | 18.02 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont de Épagnette | 21.28 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont de Épagne | 23.21 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont de Eaucourt-sur-Somme | 24.34 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Écluse de Pont-Rémy No 23 | 26.09 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont de D901 | 26.32 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Quai de Pont-Rémy | 26.65 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Passerelle de Pont-Remy | 27.05 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Cocquerel | 29.95 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Écluse de Long No 22 | 32.49 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Long | 32.61 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont d'Étoile | 36.67 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire de Fixecourt | 39.25 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire de Fixecourt (disused) | 39.35 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Écluse de Labreilloire No 21 | 39.73 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Pont de Bourdon | 42.17 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Pont de D1235 | 49.05 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Écluse de Picquigny No 20 | 49.07 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Pont de D97 (Ailly-sur-Somme) | 54.55 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Écluse de Ailly-sur-Somme No 19 | 54.58 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de Dreuil | 57.12 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Pont de l'Autoroute de A16 | 58.30 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Passerelle Léon Lamotte | 59.25 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Pont d'Avenue des Cygnes | 59.26 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Écluse de Montières No 18 | 59.28 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Amiens - Amiens (north) | 59.91 kilometres | 9 locks | |
| Pont de Blanc | 61.24 kilometres | 9 locks | |
| Pont de Cagnard | 62.04 kilometres | 9 locks | |
| Passerelle de Saint-Maurice | 62.80 kilometres | 9 locks | |
| Pont de Saint-Maurice (Amiens) | 62.99 kilometres | 9 locks | |
| Écluse d'Amiens No 17 | 63.02 kilometres | 9 locks | |
| Pont de Maulcreux | 63.17 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont Saint-Pierre (ouest) | 63.40 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont de Saint-Pierre (est) | 63.43 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont de Célestins | 63.65 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Passerelle Parc Moulin Saint-Pierre | 64.04 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Passerelle de Samarobriva | 64.34 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Saint-Leu jonction Gateway to the historic Saint-Leu quarter of Amiens is through the Pont du Cange, where boats with limited air draught may moor on the quai Bélu |
64.38 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont de Beauvillé | 64.57 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont de Camon | 66.87 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont de Longueau | 68.25 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont de l'Autoroute de Jules Verne | 69.90 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Amiens - Lamotte-Brebière | 71.42 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Écluse de Lamotte-Brebière No 16 | 72.68 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Lamotte-Brebière - Heilly | 76.83 kilometres | 11 locks | |
| Écluse de Daours No 15 | 77.16 kilometres | 11 locks | |
| Pont de Daours/Vecquemont | 77.62 kilometres | 12 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire de Aubigny | 79.72 kilometres | 12 locks | |
| Pont de Corbie | 82.37 kilometres | 12 locks | |
| Écluse de Corbie No 14 | 82.39 kilometres | 12 locks | |
| Pont de Vaire-sous-Corbie | 86.19 kilometres | 13 locks | |
| Pont de D42 | 91.52 kilometres | 13 locks | |
| Écluse de Sailly-Laurette No 13 | 91.55 kilometres | 13 locks | |
| Pont de Cerisy | 93.14 kilometres | 14 locks | |
| Pont de Cerisy/Chipilly | 94.39 kilometres | 14 locks | |
| Pont d'Écluse de Méricourt-sur-Somme | 98.15 kilometres | 14 locks | |
| Écluse de Méricourt-sur-Somme No 12 | 98.17 kilometres | 14 locks | |
| Écluse de Froissy No 11 | 103.81 kilometres | 15 locks | |
| Pont de Froissy | 103.99 kilometres | 16 locks | |
| Écluse de Cappy No 10 | 105.77 kilometres | 16 locks | |
| Pont Élévateur de Cappy | 106.34 kilometres | 17 locks | |
| Pont Élévateur de Éclusier-Vaux | 109.76 kilometres | 17 locks | |
| Pont d'Écluse de Frise inférieure | 111.86 kilometres | 17 locks | |
| Écluse de Frise inférieure No 9 | 111.89 kilometres | 17 locks | |
| Pont de Frise | 113.05 kilometres | 18 locks | |
| Écluse de Frise supérieure No 8 | 113.07 kilometres | 18 locks | |
| Pont Élévateur de Feuillères | 115.34 kilometres | 19 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire de TGV Nord | 115.70 kilometres | 19 locks | |
| Pont de l'Autoroute de Nord | 115.76 kilometres | 19 locks | |
| Pont de Sormont | 117.46 kilometres | 19 locks | |
| Écluse de Sormont No 7 | 117.49 kilometres | 19 locks | |
| Pont de Bazincourt | 119.75 kilometres | 20 locks | |
| Nord - Grande Somme Jonction Junction of Canal du Nord with the Grande Somme at Halles |
120 kilometres | 20 locks |
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The Canal de la Somme is a canal in northern France. Its total length is 156.4 km with 25 locks, from the English Channel at Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to the Canal de Saint-Quentin at Saint-Simon.
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