Pont-canal de la Cesse | |
|---|---|
 The Cesse Aqueduct | |
| Coordinates | 43°16′48″N 2°54′55″E / 43.28000°N 2.91528°E |
| Carries | Canal du Midi |
| Crosses | River Cesse |
| Locale | Mirepeisset |
| Characteristics | |
| Trough construction | Masonry |
| Pier construction | Masonry |
| Towpaths | Both |
| Longest span | 18.3 metres (60 ft) |
| No. of spans | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1690 |
| Location | |
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Cesse Aqueduct (French: Pont-Canal de la Cesse) is one of several aqueducts, or water bridge, created for the Canal du Midi. Originally, the canal crossed the Cesse on the level. Pierre-Paul Riquet, the original architect of the canal, had placed a curved dam 205 metres (673 ft) long and 9.10 metres (29.9 ft) high across the Cesse in order to collect water to make the crossing possible; the aqueduct replaced this dam.
The Cesse Aqueduct was designed in 1686 by Marshal Sebastien Vauban and completed in 1690 by Antoine Niquet. Master mason was John Gaudot.[1] It has three spans, the middle being 18.3 metres (60 ft) and the side being 14.6 metres (48 ft) each. It is located in Mirepeisset, Aude (11), Languedoc-Roussillon, France, about one mile from the port town of Le Somail. [2] [3]
- ^ "Nicolas Janberg's Structurae article on Cesse Canal Bridge". Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ Rolt, L. T. C. (1973). From Sea to Sea: The Canal du Midi. Allen Lane. pp. 122–129. ISBN 0-7139-0471-2.
- ^ Mukerji, Chandra (2009). Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14032-2.