Chalifert Tunnel

Chalifert Tunnel

The entrance of the tunnel with its sluice
Overview
Location Chalifert
Coordinates Coordinates: 48°53′0″N 2°46′0″W / 48.88333°N 2.76667°W / 48.88333; -2.76667 48°53′00″N 2°46′00″E / 48.883333°N 2.766667°E / 48.883333; 2.766667
Waterway Canal de Meaux à Chalifert
Operation
Work begun 1837
Opened 1846
Technical
Length 300 m [1]

Chalifert Tunnel is a canal tunnel located in the Canal de Meaux à Chalifert in the Marne river in the French region of Île-de-France (Department of Seine-et-Marne, Arrondissement of Torcy) [2]

The canal tunnel is located between sluice 14 to Chalifert and sluice 13 to Lesches-Coupvray [3] and has a length of 300 meters.[4] The tunnel is well illuminated and is operated from the Seine.

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