Écluse 2 Lermite - Canal Latéral à la Marne - near Vitry-le-Francois - France
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N 48° 44.980 E 004° 34.333
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This is lock number 2 on the Canal Latéral à la Marne and is known as Lermite.
Waymark Code: WM119HW
Location: Grand-Est, France
Date Posted: 09/12/2019
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This is lock number 2 on the Canal Latéral à la Marne and is known as Lermite. It is situated three kilometres north (downstream) of Vitry-le-Francois.
There are 15 locks on the 67 kilometre canal that joins the River Marne to the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne.
All the locks are automatic and opened by the boater twisting a pole hanging over the canal about 100 metres before the lock. Once in the lock the boater sets the lock operation in motion by pulling up a blue metal rod on the lock side.
The locks can accommodate boats 39 metres long and 5 metres wide and all have a drinking water tap for boats to take on water.
The locks have lock cottages with the name of the lock and distances to the nearest towns.
History:
The canal was needed to bypass the river Marne, difficult to navigate upstream of Épernay. Works started in 1836 under the Becquey programme, and were completed in 1846. Lengthening of the locks to Freycinet dimensions was completed in the late 19th century. The last lock at Dizy has the same length as those of the Marne. The 2 kilometre Vitry-le-François bypass was built in the 1960s.
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