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Pont-levis en bois franchissant le canal de Berry

Mennetou-sur-Cher, Loir-et-Cher, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le pont-levis et son mécanisme, ainsi que les bornes en pierre l'encadrant (cad. AK 01 445, 447 à 450) : inscription par arrêté du 17 mai 2013
Protection dates
2013/05/17 : inscrit MH
Type
pont, canal
Main period of construction
2e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1827
Architect or builder
Dutens Joseph-Michel (ingénieur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Mennetou-sur-Cher
Département
Loir-et-Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.26871, 1.86573
Mérimée reference
PA41000068

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IGN France — Géoportail

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1825 map "V.1:1-5: I: Frankreich. DEP: 38. Der Indre und Loire. 39. Des Loire und Cher. 44. Des Cher" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La réalisation du canal du Berry a nécessité, tout le long du tracé, des aménagements techniques intégrant l'aspect paysager. Bien que déclassé par décret le 3 janvier 1955, le canal, partiellement comblé depuis, conserve un tracé encore lisible. De nombreuses constructions liées à ses activités ont disparu ou sont en voie de l'être, notamment les ponts-levis en bois qui permettaient de franchir le canal. Celui de Mennetou fut réalisé entre 1827 et 1834. Sa charpente a été remplacée entre 1885 et 1888 et son tablier est fixe depuis 1955-56.

English translation

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The construction of the Berry canal required, along the entire route, technical arrangements integrating the landscape aspect. Although declassified by decree on 3 January 1955, the canal, partially filled in since, retains a still legible route. Many constructions linked to its activities have disappeared or are in the process of disappearing, notably the wooden drawbridges which allowed the canal to be crossed. The one at Mennetou was built between 1827 and 1834. Its timber structure was replaced between 1885 and 1888 and its deck has been fixed since 1955-56.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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