A photographic record of the canal tunnels we have seen during our travels.
Tunnels: Canal de la Meuse
The Meuse is one of the great navigable rivers of Europe. It is canalised throughout most of its course in France and Belgium and bypassed by the Juliana Canal in the Netherlands province of Limburg, to continue as a free-flow navigation down to the Rhine delta. Canal de la Meuse is the name now given to the waterway which runs from Belgian border (where it is a high-capacity Class Va waterway) to the Canal de la Marne au Rhin at Troussey, a distance of 272km. The river offers spectacular scenery where it cuts deep into the Ardennes hills downstream of Charleville-Mézières.
Tunnel de Verdun
This tunnel is 45 metres long and was built through the fortifications of the town of Verdun in 1880. It has a towpath down one side, is lit and is one way only, controlled by traffic lights.
South portal
South portal
South portal
North portal
North portal
North portal above Verdun lock
Revin
The 224 metre tunnel operates in one-way mode controlled
by traffic lights which are linked to the lock immediately downstream of the tunnel. The tunnel is rough hewn with a towpath on one side and it is unlit. It was constructed in 1880 and cuts out the large meander around the town of Revin.
South portal
South portal
South portal
South portal
North portal
Ham
The 564 metre canal tunnel at
Ham-sur-Meuse in Ardennes (08) is rough hewn with some brickwork and some stonework. The tunnel operates in one-way
mode controlled by traffic lights which are linked to the locks at either end of the tunnel. It was opened in 1880 to cut short a large meander upstream of Givet on the French/Belgian border. It has no towpath and it is unlit.
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