50°17′N 3°07′E / 50.283°N 3.117°E / 50.283; 3.117
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Interactive map of Canal du Nord |
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| Length | 95 km (59 mi) |
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| Lock length | 91.9 m (302 ft) |
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| Lock width | 6 m (20 ft) |
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| Locks | 19 |
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| Status | Open |
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| Tunnels: | Ruyaulcourt tunnel, Panneterie tunnel |
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| Principal engineer | Gabarit Freycinet |
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| Construction began | 1908 |
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| Date completed | 1965 |
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| Start point | Canal latéral à l'Oise, Pont-l'Évêque, France |
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| End point | Sensée Canal, Arleux, France |
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Sensée Canal
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Arleux
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Rue du Bias, Arleux
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Malderez Canal
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Lock No. 1 (Palluel)
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Rue d'en Haut, Palluel
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Rue des Stations, Sauchy-Cauchy
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A26 autoroute
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Port of Marquion
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Route National (D939)
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Lock No. 2 (Marquion)
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Rue du Sains, Sains-lès-Marquion
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Lock No. 3 (Sains-lès-Marquion)
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Rue du Sains-lès-Marquion
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Lock No. 4 (Inchy-en-Artois)
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Rue d'en Haut, Mœuvres
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Lock No. 5 (Mœuvres)
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Route de Cuquiche, Mœuvres
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Route de Bapaume (D930)
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Lock No. 6
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Lock No. 7
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Rue d'Hermies
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Ruyaulcourt Tunnel
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Ruyaulcourt
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A2 autoroute
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Chaussee Brunehaut (D58)
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Rue d'Equancourt (C6)
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Rue de Douai (C7)
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Rue de la Taille, Manancourt
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Side Wharf
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Rue Canal, Moislains
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Rue Garre, Moislains
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Moislains Public Quay
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Lock No. 8 (Moislains)
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Lock No. 9
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Lock No. 10 (Allaines)
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Route d'Allaines, Allaines
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Rue d'Arras (D1017), Feuillaucourt
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Lock No. 11 (Feuillaucourt)
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Route d'Albert (D938)
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Lock No. 12 (Halles)
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River Somme
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Junction with the Somme Canal
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Port de Plaisance, Péronne
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Faubourg de Paris (D1017), Péronne
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Lock No. 13 (La Chalelette)
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Chaussee Brunehaut (D1029), Brie
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Saint-Christ-Briost Wharf
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Saint-Christ-Briost Bridge
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A29 autoroute
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Lock No. 14 (Épénancourt)
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Pargny Bridge
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Béthencourt-sur-Somme Bridge
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Junction with the Somme Canal
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Route de Rouy, Rouy-le-Petit
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Railway Bridge
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Route de Nesle (D930)
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Lock No. 15 (Languevoisin-Quiquery)
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Grand Rue, Languevoisin-Quiquery
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Languevoisin-Quiquery Public Port
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Rue du Coquis, Breuil
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Buverchy Bridge
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Lannoy Wharf
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Lannoy Bridge
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Libermont Bridge
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Panneterie Tunnel
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Rue de la Gare, Frétoy-le-Château
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Lock No. 16 (Campagne)
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Campagne Bridge
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Rue de Catingy, Catigny
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Rue de Genets, Béhencourt
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Rue de l'Eglise, Haudival
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Lock No. 17 (Haudival)
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Rue de Beaurains, Beaurains-lès-Noyon
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D934
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Coopérative Agora wharf
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Route de Montdidier (D938), Noyon
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Lock No. 18 (Noyon)
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Noyon Bridge
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D1032
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Lock No. 19 (Pont-l'Évêque)
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Rue du Mont Renaud
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Creil–Jeumont railway bridge
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Pont-l'Évêque public wharf
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Oise Lateral Canal
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The Canal du Nord (French pronunciation: [kanal dy nɔʁ], literally Canal of the North) is a 95-kilometre (59 mi) long canal in northern France. The canal connects the Canal latéral à l'Oise in Pont-l'Évêque to the Sensée Canal in Arleux. The French government, in partnership with coal-mining companies in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, developed the canal to help French coal mining companies withstand foreign competition. Construction of the canal began in 1908 but halted in 1914, because of the First World War. The war caused widespread destruction of the canal and the French government made no attempt to resume construction until 1959. Construction recommenced in 1960 and the waterway opened to the public in 1965. The Canal du Nord and the Canal de Saint-Quentin may be supplanted by the Seine–Nord Europe Canal, a projected high capacity link between the Oise River at Janville and the high capacity Dunkirk-Escaut Canal.