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[44] Du Lhut's freedom as a courerur des bois allowed him to explore unseen lands. Du Lhut sought permission to continue exploring however he was denied by the French court. Du Lhut's exploration and trapping history could have been as successful as his rival René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle if he had been given permission to continue. [45]
Study on the means of crossing the falls of the canals (Fontinettes), (Etude sur les moyens de franchir les chutes des canaux) The Fontinettes Boat Lift was capable of lifting vessels of 300 tonnes displacement. [2] It was designed to avoid the need to use five locks, which took some 90 minutes, to change height by 13 metres.
Trois milliards sans ascenseur (Translation: Three Billions Without an Elevator) (Italian: Sette cervelli per un colpo perfetto/ Seven Brains for a Perfect Shot) is a 1972 French-Italian film, directed by Roger Pigaut. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. [3] The script was co-written by Lucio Fulci. [4]
The system was designed by José Galván Balaguer, a military engineer, along with León de Torres and León Huerta. [ 1 ] The system was designed to raise water from the Gordejuela springs to the top of the cliff, some 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level, [ 1 ] so that the fresh water could be used in banana plantations in the Orotava Valley ...
The boat lift was designed during the Canal du Centre's modernisation program in order to replace a system of two locks and four 16-metre (52 ft) lifts dating from 1888 to 1919. [1] The canal itself began operations in 1879 and its locks and lifts were able to accommodate vessels of up to 300 tonnes.
Elevator to the Gallows (French: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), also known as Frantic in the US and Lift to the Scaffold in the UK, is a 1958 French crime thriller film directed by Louis Malle. The film stars Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as illicit lovers whose murder plot starts to unravel after one of them becomes trapped in an elevator.
The Pfaffenthal Panoramic Elevator (Luxembourgish: Lift Pafendall-Uewerstad; French: Ascenseur panoramique Pfaffenthal - Ville-Haute; German: Aufzug Pfaffenthal-Oberstadt) is a public elevator in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg which connects the city quarters of Ville Haute, the historical city center, with Pfaffenthal, in the Alzette valley below.
The Bois de Boulogne is in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, on the western edge of the city. The Bois de Boulogne is a remnant of the ancient oak forest of Rouvray, which included the present-day forests of Montmorency, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Chaville, and Meudon. [5] Dagobert I hunted bears, deer, and other game in the forest.