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Le Porteau

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  • Location: Guillestre, Briançon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

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    November 11, 2020

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    This bridge called "port'eau" that you see spanning the Queyras road is a canal, the Salva canal, built by the engineer of the same name in 1872. This canal takes water from the Cristillan torrent in Ceillac at 1300m altitude. It travels over 6km to Guillestre where the water is still used for irrigating crops, especially on the Simoust plateau. During the summer, the water from the irrigation canal flows at the end of the plateau, producing a beautiful waterfall particularly visible from Mont-Dauphin.
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    Location: Guillestre, Briançon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

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