​

Ecluse de Notre Dame Lock Canal Du Midi

(esclusa sluseport sluis Schleuse sluse chiuse sluss)

PK (Point Kilométrique): 207.985

Year of Construction: 1674

Type of lock: Simple

Lock keeper presence: no

Water drop (meters): NA (out of service / abandoned)

Bike path side: NA

Originally part of the Nine Locks of Beziers, this lock allowed access to the Orb River.  Boats would join the Orb River and rejoin the Canal Du Midi a few hundred meters downstream from here.  Due to the unpredictable flow of this river, it was decided to make an aqueduct instead.  This aqueduct was put into service in 1858.  Subsequently this lock and its port (the port of Notre Dame) were abandoned.

​

Image Gallery

Click on any picture below to see a fullscreen image.  Resize your browser window or turn your mobile device if you want to see more of the picture; the pictures are rather square whereas most modern screens are rectangular.