Epanchoir du Laudot (également sur commune de Saint-Félix-Lauragais)

English translation

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History

The weir of Laudot is a regulation structure placed at the confluence of the Plaine channel with the Laudot stream or the Audot, which brings the waters of Saint-Ferréol. Its role consists of: 1 - To admit into the channel the waters of the Audot and Saint-Ferréol. 2 - To reject into the lower course of the Audot the excess waters. 3 - To reject into this same course the turbid waters coming from Saint-Ferréol during the emptying of the dam, without them mixing with those of the channel, while maintaining the supply of the latter through the intake of the Pont-Crouzet. 4 - To bar the course of the channel to prevent the waters from going further during times of flood in the Audot or the Revel channel. Rarely mentioned, and even more rarely described or represented, the weirs of the Audot nevertheless form an original and interesting set to study. The details of stone dressing are characteristic of the 18th century, and they correspond well to the date of 1761 borne by a stone of the edge of the wall at the right of the keeper's house. Important work, uncommon, of an evident aesthetic quality, the weir of Laudot, in good state of conservation, is one of the rare works of the canal to use only stone as building material.