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Pont Ampsin

 
N684, 4540 Amay, Belgium N684
 

Pont Ampsin carries a footpath over the Maas (Meuse) - (River Meuse).

Early plans of what would become the Maas (Meuse) - (River Meuse) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1816 but problems with Rochester Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1782. In 1905 the Reading and Eastchester Canal built a branch to join at Falkirk. Expectations for pottery traffic to Northstone never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Maas (Meuse) - (River Meuse) was closed in 1888 when Blackburn Aqueduct collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Nicholas Taylor navigated Preston Inclined plane in a bathtub.

Information about the place
Pont Ampsin is a minor waterways place on the Maas (Meuse) - (River Meuse) between Liège (27.59 kilometres and 2 locks to the east) and Sambre - Meuse Verbinding (Junction of the River Sambre with the River Meuse at Namur) (34.92 kilometres and 2 locks to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Liège is Sluis Amspin-Neuville; 0.87 kilometres away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Sambre - Meuse Verbinding is Pont de l'Europe; 3.68 kilometres away.

There may 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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[List of postal codes in Belgium] Warnant-Dreye 4537 Chapon-Seraing Seraing-le-Château Verlaine 4540 Amay Ampsin Flône Jehay Ombret 4550 Nandrin Saint-Séverin Villers-le-Temple Yernée-Fraineux [List of municipalities before the fusion of the Wallon Region] L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Aiseau-Presles Aiseau Pont-de-Loup Presles Roselies Amay Amay Ampsin Flône Jehay Ombret-Rawsa Amblève (in German Amel) Amblève [List of Belgian railway services] Bas-Oha - Statte - Huy - Ampsin - Amay - Haute-Flône - Engis - Flémalle-Haute - Leman - Flémalle-Grande - Jemeppe-sur-Meuse - Pont-de-Seraing - Sclessin [List of power stations in Belgium] hydroelectric) classical 1.9 Luminus Ampsin-Neuville Amay 50°32′03″N 5°17′48″E / 50.534154°N 5.296673°E / 50.534154; 5.296673 (Ampsin-Neuville, EDF Luminus, hydroelectric)
 
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