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Matilde Maini
October 13, 2023
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At an altitude of 184 m, the Glomel trench is the highest point of the Nantes-Brest canal and the watershed between the Blavet and Aulne basins. The canal project and …
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May 19, 2019
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To cut the canal through this mountain, the highest point along the chosen route to connect Nantes with Brest, was one of the most labor consuming, pharaonic tasks for the crew, involving thousands of forced and prisoner labor in addition to the hired workers. By the time it was finished, Napoleon's original plan to resist a British blockade via inland canals had long been passed, and the canal never lived up to any projected economic transport benefits.
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