Cesse Aqueduct
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title:
Cesse Aqueduct
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Cesse Aqueduct is one of several aqueducts, or water bridge, created for the Canal du Midi. Originally, the canal crossed the Cesse on the level. Pierre-Paul Riquet, the original architect of the canal, had placed a curved dam 205 metres (673 ft) long and 9.10 metres (29.9 ft) high across the Cesse in order to collect water to make the crossing possible; the aqueduct replaced this dam. The Cesse Aqueduct was designed in 1686 by Marshal Sebastien Vauban and completed in 1690 by Antoine Niquet. Ma
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Bridge in Mirepeisset
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesse_Aqueduct
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2020-12-30T19:19:18Z
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