The Canal de Craponne, Craponne canal, is a canal in the Pélissanne commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France. It was originally conceived...
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Adam de Craponne (French: [adɑ̃ də kʁapɔn]; 1526–1576) was a French engineer. He built the eponymous Canal de Craponne to irrigate the Désert de la Crau...
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gateways, the Porte de l'Horloge and the Porte du Bourg Neuf. In 1559 the engineer Adam de Craponne opened the Canal de Craponne to bring fresh water...
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the Canal de Craponne across the fetid swamps south east of the city. In 1554 Adam de Craponne began an irrigation project, building the Canal de Craponne...
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scientist and pioneer of ballooning Adam de Craponne (1526–1576), engineer who implemented the Canal de Craponne in 1559 Jean Cruveilhier (1791–1874), anatomist...
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Nostradamus (redirect from Michel de Nostradame)
share in a huge canal project, organised by Adam de Craponne, to create the Canal de Craponne to irrigate the largely waterless Salon-de-Provence and the...
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especially in summertime. In the 16th century, Adam de Craponne proposed the idea of creating a canal to supply water for the region of Aix and Marseille...
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Rivers in France Canal de Craponne Sort Name A The first key word of the title. Voies Navigables France Itinéraires Fluviaux. Editions De L'Ecluse. 2009...
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was inspired by the French engineer Adam de Craponne who had implemented the same system for the Craponne Canal. For this, he planned to recover the mountain...
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Seuil de Naurouze. He was inspired by Adam de Craponne's theories, which had been used earlier by Hugues Cosnier to construct the Briare Canal. From 1667...
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