The Canal des Salines was a planned canal in north eastern France. In its full extent it would have connected the river Sarre at Sarralbe with the river Moselle at Metz, via Dieuze and Château-Salins. Only 4 km were completed, between Mittersheim and Loudrefing.[1] The section between Sarralbe and Mittersheim was replaced by the Canal de la Sarre, built in the 1860s.

Canal des Salines
Specifications
Length4 km (2.5 mi) [1]
StatusClosed [1] Destroyed [2]
History
Principal engineerC. C. Robin (1806), Alfred Picard (1870) [2]
Date approved1806 [1]
Date closed1939 [1] 1940 [2]
Geography
DirectionEast/West
Beginning coordinates48°51′50″N 6°55′59″E / 48.8639°N 6.9330°E / 48.8639; 6.9330

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e McKnight, Hugh (2005). Cruising French Waterways, 4th Edition. Sheridan House. ISBN 978-1-57409-087-1.
  2. ^ a b c "Project Babel". Retrieved 23 April 2010.
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