Naviglio Grande Canal | canal, Italy | Britannica (original) (raw)

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Bereguardo Canal

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  …built in 1438 on the Naviglio Grande, a water-supply canal also used for carrying stone for building the cathedral of Milan. When Bertola da Novate became ducal engineer to Milan in 1451, he was asked to construct a canal link with Pavia. His canal, from Abbiategrasso on the existing Naviglio…
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  In canals and inland waterways: Medieval revival
  The Naviglio Grande Canal was constructed (1179–1209) with an intake on the Ticino River, a fall of 33.5 metres (110 feet) in 50 km (31 miles) to Abbiategrasso and Milan, the water level being controlled by sluices. To facilitate transport of marble from the quarries for…
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