ECLUSE DE "PENDU"

  • Historic site and monument
  • Canal lock
rue Félix-Marchand, Saint-Fort, 53200 Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
The old causeway, whose existence is attested to at the end of the 11th century, ensured the operation of two mills: the Grand Pendu, on the right bank, and the Petit Pendu, on the left bank. Equipped with a sailgate in the 16th century, it was replaced in the 19th century by a lock dam. The project, drawn up by the Ponts et Chaussées engineer Dupuy, was carried out under the supervision of his successor Asselin by the contractor Genève-Brault, chosen in the tender held on 8 August 1860. The...

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ECLUSE DE "PENDU"
rue Félix-Marchand, Saint-Fort, 53200 Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
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