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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 city is named for Rouge River that runs through the area. It is a tributary of the Ottawa River (French: Rivière des Outaouais). The region was always known as La Vallée de la Rouge (English: The Valley of the Red), and the city name was probably chosen for this reason. The now defunct local Air Cadet Squadron number 883 was also called ...
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.
The final stretch of the Eau Rouge, as it joins the river Amblève near Stavelot. The Eau Rouge is a small, 15-kilometre-long (9 mi) stream in the Belgian province of Liège. It is a right tributary of the Amblève. It starts in the Hautes Fagnes ("High Fens") and ends in Challes, near Stavelot in the river Amblève.
Strépy-Thieu boat lift View upstream Aerial view. The Strépy-Thieu boat lift (French: L'ascenseur funiculaire de Strépy-Thieu) lies on a branch of the Canal du Centre in the municipality of Le Rœulx, Hainaut, Belgium.
Rouge River or River Rouge (French: Rivière Rouge, lit. 'Red River') may refer to rivers or places: Canada: Rouge River (Ontario), a river in Toronto Scarborough—Rouge River, an electoral district named after the river; Rouge River (Laurentides), a tributary of the Ottawa River in western Quebec Rivière-Rouge, a city named after the river
Although the area has been settled for over 200 years, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge is a relatively new creation. It was formed in 2002 (as an ordinary municipality) by the merger of the village municipality of Calumet with the township municipality of Grenville; [5] the latter is not to be confused with the neighbouring and still-independent village municipality of Grenville.
Fort Boyard, pictured in 1989, during refurbishment work with its original access platform already installed. The watchtower has not been rebuilt yet.. In 1980, Philippe de Dieuleveult [], a co-presenter of Antenne 2's La Chasse aux Trésors [] (the original, French version of Treasure Hunt), came close to drowning while trying to reach Fort Boyard in rough seas.