River Charente (non-tidal)
The River Charente (non-tidal) was built by John Smeaton and opened on 17 September 1876. Restoration of Blackburn Boat Lift was funded by a donation from the Restore the River Charente (non-tidal) campaign
The River Charente (non-tidal) is a large river and is part of the River Charente.
It runs for 124.61 kilometres through 21 locks from Ecluse de Saint Savinien (where it joins the River Charente (tidal)) to Pont Saint-Antoine (which is a dead end).
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.
It has a junction with the River Charente Saint-Savinien Arm at Charente - Saint Savinien Bras Jonction.
| Ecluse de Saint Savinien Tidal lock |
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| Pont de Route de Saint-Savinien | 0.04 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Charente - Saint Savinien Bras Jonction Junction of the River Charente and the Saint Savinien Arm |
0.56 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Port d'Envaux | 7.34 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de Taillebourg | 10.44 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de A10 | 11.57 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont Bernard Palissy | 23.05 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Saintes | 23.13 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de Saintonge | 23.97 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont SNCF de Lucerat | 25.76 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont Charentelle | 25.82 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de Chaniers | 34.45 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Ecluse La Baine An automatic electrical lock |
35.36 kilometres | 1 lock | |
| Pont de Beillant Two bridges, road and railway. |
37.36 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de Brives-sur-Charente | 46.12 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de Merpin | 52.39 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Ecluse de Crouin | 55.60 kilometres | 2 locks | |
| Pont de N141 | 57.53 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont de Crouin | 57.92 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Cognac | 58.69 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont Neuf (Cognac) | 59.22 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Ecluse Cognac | 59.51 kilometres | 3 locks | |
| Pont de Chatenay | 61.44 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de la Trache | 64.85 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Ecluse de Garde Moulin | 66.46 kilometres | 4 locks | |
| Pont de Bourg-Charente | 70.58 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Ecluse de Bourg-Charente | 71.18 kilometres | 5 locks | |
| Jarnac | 74.64 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Pont de Jarnac Pont de Rue Conde |
74.79 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Ecluse de Jarnac | 75.04 kilometres | 6 locks | |
| Pont de la Rocade | 76.59 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Ecluse de Gondeville | 77.56 kilometres | 7 locks | |
| Pont de la Vinade | 80.46 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Ecluse de Saintonge | 81.46 kilometres | 8 locks | |
| Ecluse de Juac | 84.57 kilometres | 9 locks | |
| Pont de Juac | 84.94 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| St Simon | 85.58 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Ecluse de Vibrac | 87.58 kilometres | 10 locks | |
| Pont de Vibrac | 87.78 kilometres | 11 locks | |
| Châteauneuf | 92.38 kilometres | 11 locks | |
| Pont de Châteauneuf-sur-Charente | 92.40 kilometres | 11 locks | |
| Ecluse de Châteauneuf | 92.88 kilometres | 11 locks | |
| Ecluse de Malvy | 95.82 kilometres | 12 locks | |
| Pont de St Simeux | 96.30 kilometres | 13 locks | |
| Ecluse de Saint Simeux | 96.96 kilometres | 13 locks | |
| Ecluse de la Liège | 98.67 kilometres | 14 locks | |
| Ecluse de Sireuil | 102.67 kilometres | 15 locks | |
| Pont de Sireuil | 103 kilometres | 16 locks | |
| Pont de la Meure | 107.39 kilometres | 16 locks | |
| Ecluse de la Mothe | 108.51 kilometres | 16 locks | |
| Pont Ferroviaire Luxé - Gauriaguet | 109.47 kilometres | 17 locks | |
| Ecluse de Fleurac | 111.07 kilometres | 17 locks | |
| Ecluse de Basseau This is the most difficult lock on the river to approach from both above and below. |
112.85 kilometres | 18 locks | |
| Pont de Basseau | 113.12 kilometres | 19 locks | |
| Ecluse de Thouerat | 116.29 kilometres | 19 locks | |
| Passerelle de Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 117.09 kilometres | 20 locks | |
| Pont de RN 10 | 117.73 kilometres | 20 locks | |
| Pont de Blvd Henri Thébault | 118.98 kilometres | 20 locks | |
| Pont de Valois | 119.62 kilometres | 20 locks | |
| Passerelle Hugo Pratt | 119.84 kilometres | 20 locks | |
| Ecluse de Saint Cybard | 120 kilometres | 20 locks | |
| Angouleme Limit of confirmed navigation (a further 3.8Km may be navigable) |
120.81 kilometres | 21 locks | |
| Pont d'Angoulême | 122.43 kilometres | 21 locks | |
| Pont Saint-Antoine Limit of Navigation |
124.61 kilometres | 21 locks |
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Wikipedia has a page about River Charente
The Charente (Occitan: Charanta) is a 381-kilometre (237 mi) long river in southwestern France. Its source is in the Haute-Vienne département at Chéronnac, a small village near Rochechouart. It flows through the departments of Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Charente-Maritime. The river flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Rochefort.
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