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Vilas County News
Eagle River, Vilas County, Wisconsin
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The oldest canal lock in France, built by Leonardo da Vinci during Francois I's reign in the sixteenth century, has been rediscovered near Vierzon after centuries of obscurity.
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The oldest canal lock in France, built by Leonardo da Vinci under reign of Francois I in the Sixteenth century, has just been rediscovered near Vierzon.
Da Vinci, who boasted that he was as great an engineer as he was a painter, constructed the lock because the River Loire lacked sufficient water for the boats, with their cargoes of salt, that came up from Nantes. In course of centuries the lock disappeared and even its exact situation was forgotten, but the old foundations planned by the painter of "Mona Lisa" have just been unearthed.
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Near Vierzon, France
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Sixteenth Century (Construction); Recently Rediscovered
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lock foundations unearthed after centuries of being forgotten
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The oldest canal lock in France, built by Leonardo da Vinci under Francois I in the sixteenth century to aid boats carrying salt on the River Loire from Nantes, has been rediscovered near Vierzon. Da Vinci designed it due to insufficient water in the river. The lock had disappeared over centuries, but its foundations have now been found.