Écluse 7 Charly - River Marne - Charly-sur-Marne - France - Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts on Waymarking.com

This is lock number 7 on the River Marne known as Charly. It is situated just outside the champagne town of Charly-sur-Marne.

There are 18 locks on the River Marne and the sizes are as follows:

Lock 18 - 125m long by 11.4m wide
Lock 17 - 100m long by 11.4m wide
Locks 1-16 - 45m long by 7.4m wide

Just before Créteil a 13km loop is cut off by a cut with a lock and a tunnel. The loop itself is still used for half its length by commercials down to some container ports. There is also a lock on this section which is also 125m long by 11.4m wide.

Locks 2-9 are operated by the boater using poles hanging over the lock entrances to set the operations in progress. Boaters are also given a remote control at locks 10 and 1 that can also be used to operate these locks. The remote controls are then returned at locks 10 or 1.

Locks 1 and 10-18 are operated by permanent lock keepers operating in control towers. They are contacted by VHF short wave radio.


History: The Marne was a heavily navigated free-flowing river until the 19th century. However, it had one gated short cut, 500m long, the Canal de Cornillon in Meaux, which was built in 1235, possibly the oldest canal in France. The ‘modern’ canalisation was started in 1837, and inaugurated up to Épernay in 1867. It included a number of canals by-passing the more extravagant meanders. Locks are wider than the Freycinet gauge, but shorter than those of the Canal Saint-Denis in Paris, of similar width. The Marne remains in the national VNF network as a commercial navigation. For this reason we have indicated the average opening dates of the locks as 1/1/1850.

More information can be found on the River Marne by following this link here:
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Waterway Name: River Marne Connected Points: The navigable river runs from Dizy in Champagne down to its confluence with the Seine in Paris. There is a branch near Dizy that also runs down to Epernay. At Dizy the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne runs north to River Maine. At the same point The Canal Latéral à la Marne runs south east to Vitry-en-Francois where other canals head south and west. Type: Lock Date Opened: 01/01/1850 Elevation Difference (meters): 2.00 Site Status: Operational Web Site: [Web Link] Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed

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