Écluse 1 - Rigole de Torcy - Montchanin - France - Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts on Waymarking.com

This lock was the first lock on the now disused Torcy canal. Most of the lock chamber has been filled in but the lock cottage is still visible.

The Rigole de Torcy was opened in 1829 for two reasons:

1. To provide a feed to the summit of the Canal du Centre at Montchanin from the lake at Torcy

2. To provide a narrow navigable canal to allow cast canon to be transported from the le Creusot foundries down to the Canal du Centre and then south down to Marseilles naval boatyards. Also west to the naval dockyards at Nantes on the Atlantic ocean.

Waterway Name: Rigole de Torcy Connected Points: This canal linked the Le Creusot iron foundries at Torcy to the Canal du Centre at Montchanin. Type: Lock Date Opened: 01/01/1829 Date Closed (if applicable): 01/01/1919 Elevation Difference (meters): 1.00 Site Status: Remnants Web Site: [Web Link]

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