Canal d'Entreroches
Ruins · Switzerland
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 46.662, 6.553
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
The Canal d’Entreroches was planned in the 17th century as a link between the Rhine and Lake Geneva, and would have enabled inland waterway communication between the North Sea and the Mediterranean. It linked the river Thielle at Yverdon-les-Bains with the Venoge at Cossonay, a distance of 25 kilometres. It was completed in 1648, and remained in operation until 1829. Traces of some five kilometres of it still remain.