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Both sides now
2010-08-20
The eastern side of the Arzviller tunnels - a container train with CFL-3017 is about to enter the railway tunnel, the portal about 15 m deeper than the canal tunnel.
The train just crosses an opened tunnel which must have existed there before the canal above was built and completely had changed the scenery here:
During DeGaulles reign in the late 50s the canal was rerouted as to be seen in the picture, staying above the southern side of the railway and behind the bend reaching an inclined elevator, a trough where ships are transported down by about 45 m to a lower level.
By this more than 19 small and narrow locks were substituted which were situated in the valley at left. They still do exist including the small houses where the guards of the locks lived. The locks can still be seen, but most of them are in a bad shape now, overgrown by water plants, algae and the like. The journey for ships is said to have lasted for one day just for about a mile.
Still a very interesting place; the incline can be visited and watched from outside on the lower level:
www.fotocommunity.de/photo/plan-incline-thomas-reitzel/43...
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Both sides now
2010-08-20
The eastern side of the Arzviller tunnels - a container train with CFL-3017 is about to enter the railway tunnel, the portal about 15 m deeper than the canal tunnel.
The train just crosses an opened tunnel which must have existed there before the canal above was built and completely had changed the scenery here:
During DeGaulles reign in the late 50s the canal was rerouted as to be seen in the picture, staying above the southern side of the railway and behind the bend reaching an inclined elevator, a trough where ships are transported down by about 45 m to a lower level.
By this more than 19 small and narrow locks were substituted which were situated in the valley at left. They still do exist including the small houses where the guards of the locks lived. The locks can still be seen, but most of them are in a bad shape now, overgrown by water plants, algae and the like. The journey for ships is said to have lasted for one day just for about a mile.
Still a very interesting place; the incline can be visited and watched from outside on the lower level:
www.fotocommunity.de/photo/plan-incline-thomas-reitzel/43...
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