Montech water slope

Montech water slope
Montech, France (FR)
Montech water slope on Canal du Midi opened in 1974 is the first of its kind in the world. It consist of concrete water channel 6 metres wide and 539 metres long with a gradient of 3 per cent. Water is held back at the upper end by a drop gate. A boat entering at the bottom of the channel is pushed up together with the wedge of water on which it floats by a metal shield lowered behind it and propelled up by two converted railway engines on rubber wheels. At the top the gate falls and water levels equalise.
Montech water slope on Canal du Midi opened in 1974 is the first of its kind in the world. It consist of concrete water channel 6 metres wide and 539 metres long with a gradient of 3 per cent. Water is held back at the upper end by a drop gate. A boat entering at the bottom of the channel is pushed up together with the wedge of water on which it floats by a metal shield lowered behind it and propelled up by two converted railway engines on rubber wheels. At the top the gate falls and water levels equalise.
View in Google Earth Canals, UNESCO, Transportation - Sea
Links: en.wikipedia.org, whc.unesco.org
By: Hinkkanen

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