Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Brussels Canal (French: canal de Bruxelles, Dutch: kanaal van Brussel) is a section of waterway in Belgium. It generally refers to the northernmost portion of the Brussels Charleroi Canal (from Ninove gate to Sainctelette) and the southernmost section of the Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal or Willebroek canal (between Sainctelette and the Vergote dock).The Brussels canal divides the municipality of Brussels-City from Molenbeek, forming the border between them. Previously (before the 19th century, when the canal was dug) there used to be a Willebroek canal which through a series of locks eventually reached the Brussels harbor inside the city. Also there used to be a moat surrounding the old defensive walls of the city of Brussels. Later on, at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, the river Senne, was covered over and the water redirected underground for almost its entire course within inner Brussels. In the 20th century even the underground course of the river was altered and water was separated from the river bedding in central Brussels and redirected around Brussels-City along the western side of the inner ring road - thus also along the Brussels Canal.The Brussels canal features several turning basins in its urban course. As part of multiple public works projects, including the covering of the Senne river, excess water from the underground floing Senne is drained into the canal."@en }
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- Brussels_Canal abstract "The Brussels Canal (French: canal de Bruxelles, Dutch: kanaal van Brussel) is a section of waterway in Belgium. It generally refers to the northernmost portion of the Brussels Charleroi Canal (from Ninove gate to Sainctelette) and the southernmost section of the Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal or Willebroek canal (between Sainctelette and the Vergote dock).The Brussels canal divides the municipality of Brussels-City from Molenbeek, forming the border between them. Previously (before the 19th century, when the canal was dug) there used to be a Willebroek canal which through a series of locks eventually reached the Brussels harbor inside the city. Also there used to be a moat surrounding the old defensive walls of the city of Brussels. Later on, at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, the river Senne, was covered over and the water redirected underground for almost its entire course within inner Brussels. In the 20th century even the underground course of the river was altered and water was separated from the river bedding in central Brussels and redirected around Brussels-City along the western side of the inner ring road - thus also along the Brussels Canal.The Brussels canal features several turning basins in its urban course. As part of multiple public works projects, including the covering of the Senne river, excess water from the underground floing Senne is drained into the canal.".
- Q17989738 abstract "The Brussels Canal (French: canal de Bruxelles, Dutch: kanaal van Brussel) is a section of waterway in Belgium. It generally refers to the northernmost portion of the Brussels Charleroi Canal (from Ninove gate to Sainctelette) and the southernmost section of the Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal or Willebroek canal (between Sainctelette and the Vergote dock).The Brussels canal divides the municipality of Brussels-City from Molenbeek, forming the border between them. Previously (before the 19th century, when the canal was dug) there used to be a Willebroek canal which through a series of locks eventually reached the Brussels harbor inside the city. Also there used to be a moat surrounding the old defensive walls of the city of Brussels. Later on, at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, the river Senne, was covered over and the water redirected underground for almost its entire course within inner Brussels. In the 20th century even the underground course of the river was altered and water was separated from the river bedding in central Brussels and redirected around Brussels-City along the western side of the inner ring road - thus also along the Brussels Canal.The Brussels canal features several turning basins in its urban course. As part of multiple public works projects, including the covering of the Senne river, excess water from the underground floing Senne is drained into the canal.".