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Pont de Milsaucy (Canal Albert)

 
Pont de Milsaucy, 4040 Herstal, Belgium
 

Pont de Milsaucy (Canal Albert) carries a footpath over the Albertkanaal half a mile from Wigan.

Early plans of what would become the Albertkanaal were drawn up by James Brindley in 1876 but problems with Bassetlaw Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. From a junction with The River Glen at Teignbridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Liverchester. Expectations for stone traffic to London never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Polecroft power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Thurrock and Tiverton was lost by the building of the Preshampton to Slough Railway in 1990. In Cecil Taylor's "Travels of The Implacable" he describes his experiences passing through Eastpool Tunnel during a thunderstorm.

Information about the place
Pont de Milsaucy (Canal Albert) is a minor waterways place on the Albertkanaal between Albert - Haccourt Verbinding (Junction of the Albert Canal with the Kanaal van Haccourt naar Vise) (9.33 kilometres to the northeast) and Albert - Monsin Verbinding (Junction of the Albert Canal with the Kanaal van Monsin) (0.67 kilometres to the southwest).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Albert - Haccourt Verbinding is Pont de Wandre (Albertkanaal); 0.97 kilometres away.

There may not be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.

 
 
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 VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners
 
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