The canal structures
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01 May 2009
The canal structures - key figures
- Length: 106 km between Compiègne and Aubencheul-au-Bac
- Surface width: 54 m
- Water depth: 4.50 m
- Draught: 3 m
- Navigation rectangle: 38 m x 4 m
- Clearance under bridges: 7 m
- Number of locks: 7 (drops of 6.4 m to 30 m)
- Number of aqueducts: 3, including the Somme aqueduct (1.3 km long)
- Number of crossing structures: 59
- Earth excavation volume: 55 million m3
- Volume of backfill: 25 million m3
- Volume of surplus material: 30 million m3
- Land take: 2450 ha comprising:
- canal: 1330 ha
- storage reservoirs: 160 ha
- platforms: 360 ha
- material dumping areas: 600 ha
- Number of multimodal platforms: 4
- Number of cereal quays: 5
- Number of industrial quays: 3
- Number of boating facilities: 5
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