page_title: Grand Canal d'Alsace
hierarchical_section_title: Grand Canal d'Alsace
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Luftbild vom Oberrhein bei Breisach. Das Bild zeigt den Grenzübergang nach Frankreich, vorne der Rhein mit Schleusenanlage und im Hintergrund der Rheinseitenkanal (französisch: Grand Canal d'Alsace) English: Aerial photo of Oberrhein bei Breisach. The picture shows the border with France, in the foreground the Rhine with a lock, and in the background the Rheinseitenkanal Esperanto: Bildo de la aero de Oberrhein bei Breisach, germanio. La foto montras la landlimon kun francio, en la antaŭo la Rhein rivero kun fluo-kontrolo, kaj malantaŭe la Rheinseiten-kanalo (Rhein-flanka kanalo, france la granda kanalo de elzaco)
context_page_description: The Grand Canal of Alsace is a canal in eastern France, channeling the Upper Rhine river. It is 50 kilometers long between Kembs and Vogelgrun, and provides access to the region from the Rhine River, Basel in Switzerland, and the North Sea for barges of up to about 5000 metric tons. The Grand Canal permits the navigation of more than 30,000 boats a year between Basel and Strasbourg.
  Construction of the canal began in 1932 and was completed in 1959. The canal diverts much of the water from the original bed of the fast-flowing Rhine in this area, which is almost entirely unnavigable by boats.
  The Grand Canal produces hydroelectric power at Kembs, Ottmarsheim, Fessenheim and Vogelgrun, supplying electricity to one of the most heavily industrialized regions in France and even to Germany. Furthermore, the canal provides enough water throughout the year to a nuclear power plant at Fessenheim, eliminating the need for cooling towers.
context_section_description: The Grand Canal of Alsace (French: Grand Canal d'Alsace, German: Rheinseitenkanal) is a canal in eastern France, channeling the Upper Rhine river.  It is 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) long between Kembs and Vogelgrun, and provides access to the region from the Rhine River, Basel in Switzerland, and the North Sea for barges of up to about 5000 metric tons.  The Grand Canal permits the navigation of more than 30,000 boats a year between Basel and Strasbourg.
  Construction of the canal began in 1932 and was completed in 1959.  The canal diverts much of the water from the original bed of the fast-flowing Rhine in this area, which is almost entirely unnavigable by boats.
  The Grand Canal produces hydroelectric power at Kembs, Ottmarsheim, Fessenheim and Vogelgrun, supplying electricity to one of the most heavily industrialized regions in France and even to Germany.  Furthermore, the canal provides enough water throughout the year to a nuclear power plant at Fessenheim, eliminating the need for cooling towers.
caption: The Rhine and the canal at Breisach
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