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MAILLE
AQUADUCT
L'aqueduc
de Maille
Building an
Aquaduct bridge (also known as a canal bridge) is proof of the great technical
skills, permitting as it does two water courses to cross each other,isolated by
a submerged tunnel.
The works were undertaken between 1654 and 1662 upon the completion of drainage works in the marshes of Vix.
The aquaduct is part of of a fast hydaulic network comprising: the Vix canal, the channelled river Jeune Autise and the contrebot at Vix.
It is here that the Jeune Autise disgorges the marsh waters as it crosses the heart of the aquaduct: The canal de Vix receives the waters of the reclaimed marshes as it passes through the submerged tunnel. In this way the Hydraulic energy and the large volume of water are skillfully controlled.
The works were undertaken between 1654 and 1662 upon the completion of drainage works in the marshes of Vix.
The aquaduct is part of of a fast hydaulic network comprising: the Vix canal, the channelled river Jeune Autise and the contrebot at Vix.
It is here that the Jeune Autise disgorges the marsh waters as it crosses the heart of the aquaduct: The canal de Vix receives the waters of the reclaimed marshes as it passes through the submerged tunnel. In this way the Hydraulic energy and the large volume of water are skillfully controlled.
Return to
the Marais
Poitevin page for detailed information on these remarkable
marshes