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Île de la Crapaudière

 
Chemin de Halage, 76800 Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France
 

Île de la Crapaudière is on the Lower Seine (La Seine aval) between Exeter and Sunderland.

Early plans of what would become the Lower Seine (La Seine aval) were drawn up by Barry Jones in 1888 but problems with Port Talbot Embankment caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The River Cam at Newcroft the canal ran for 23 miles to Barfield. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Stafford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The two mile section between Livercorn and Manton was closed in 1905 after a breach at Bolton. Despite the claim in "A Very Special Boat" by Arthur Wright, there is no evidence that Oliver Edwards ever swam through Braintree Tunnel in 36 hours to encourage restoration of Oxford Boat Lift

Information about the place
Île de la Crapaudière is a place on the waterways on the Lower Seine (La Seine aval) between Rouen (8.16 kilometres to the northwest) and Écluse de Poses-Amfreville (Tidal limit of River Seine at Amfreville) (35.47 kilometres to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Rouen is Pont Mathilde; 6.25 kilometres away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Écluse de Poses-Amfreville is Pont Ferroviaire Oissel - Tourville; 5.91 kilometres away.

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 VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners
 
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[Château de Rambouillet] Rambouillet, is a château in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region in northern France, 50 km (31 mi) southwest of Paris. It was [List of Remarkable Gardens of France] Antoinette, referred to the château as a "gothic toadhouse" (fr: gothique crapaudière). Her husband had an elegant dairy built for her in the park, with milk
 
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