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The Glomel Cut

The Glomel Cut

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The Glomel Cut

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Location: Glomel, Guingamp, Brittany, France

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1. Kerdiston lake – The Glomel Cut loop from Campostal

55.9km

03:37

370m

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2. La tranchée de Glomel – Kerdiston lake loop from Carhaix

44.2km

02:53

280m

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3. La tranchée de Glomel – Lock No. 138 of Bon Repos loop from Langoëlan

146km

09:21

1,050m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Guillaume Favez

August 20, 2021

This passage is the highest point of the canal. It was necessary to dig three million cubic meters of earth and rock to make the canal pass: as much as to build the largest pyramid in Egypt!

The work was carried out in the 19th century by deserters imprisoned and sentenced to forced labor. Many did not survive the unimaginable working and hygienic conditions.

A book “Les Bagnards du canal de Nantes à Brest” traces the little-known history of the builders of the canal from Nantes to Brest.

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May 19, 2019

To cut the canal through this mountain was one of the most labor consuming Herculean tasks for the crew, involving thousands of forced and prisoner labor in addition to the hired workers.

Howard Cheesman

June 2, 2019

To connect one valley with another, this was dug out by hand, the earth removed on men's backs and all with no machinery. This is the highest point of the canal. As you go along the path, look at how high the woodlands on either side are. It was cut through rock (schist). It is 3.5Km long. On one side was a camp, really a prison, where the 600 convicts, from the prison in Brest, were housed and who were forced to do this labour. Mostly they were deserters from the War with Spain. Dysentery, fever, matnutrition were all rife and on top of back breaking physical labour. After the 1830 Revolution, some prisoners broke out of the camp: some disappered into the surrounding countryside but 200 of them presented themselves to the Military authorities at Pontivy to have their new right to Liberty confirmed and recognised. The Camp was closed by 1832 and mostly destroyed by fire a few years later.

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Distance 1.54 km

Uphill 20 m

Downhill 10 m

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Location: Glomel, Guingamp, Brittany, France

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The Glomel Cut

1. Kerdiston lake – The Glomel Cut loop from Campostal

2. La tranchée de Glomel – Kerdiston lake loop from Carhaix

3. La tranchée de Glomel – Lock No. 138 of Bon Repos loop from Langoëlan

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