Étang de la Gazonne
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Étang de la Gazonne, is a 29 ha (71.7 acre) lake that provides water for the workings of the Canal de Briare.
Hugues Cosnier
, designer of the canal, planned a 3.25 mile long waterway from the River Trezée to the Gazonne. The Gazonne acted as a reservoir.
Hugues Cosnier
Hugues Cosnier
Hugues Cosnier was a French engineer who conceived of the Briare Canal. He was born in Angers or Tours, date unknown, and died in 1629.He proposed to Henri IV the idea of building a canal from the Loire River to the River Seine. It would go from Briare to Montargis and then continue to the Seine...
, designer of the canal, planned a 3.25 mile long waterway from the River Trezée to the Gazonne. The Gazonne acted as a reservoir.