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- Damme_Canal abstract "The Damme Canal (French: Canal de Damme. Dutch: Damse Vaart or Napoleonvaart) is a canal in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The canal links Bruges with the Western Scheldt at Sluis, Netherlands. It was constructed on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte who wished to create a canal network in order to permit the efficient transport of troops without the risk of disruptive interventions from the British navy. Following the defeat of Napoleon, the original strategic imperative for the canal was removed. The plans in the Napoleonic era had called for a link to the Scheldt at Breskens. Half a century later the canal opened to traffic in 1856, and the link with the sea had moved to Sluis.At Damme the canal crosses the Leopold Canal and the Schipdonk Canal, both of which were dug in the middle years of the nineteenth century in order to reduce the vulnerability of the Belgian canal network to Dutch interference, after the achievement in 1830 of Belgian independence. It was necessary to create a system of Siphons because of the differences in water level of the three canals. The canal was used until 1940 when French troops destroyed the siphon system: this put an end to maritime transport on the Damme Canal. After war use of the canal resumed, but it was used now by pleasure boats, along with a tourist boat connecting Damme and Bruges.".
- Damme_Canal thumbnail Damse_Vaart.JPG?width=300.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageExternalLink kanaalsluisbrugge.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageID "29909099".
- Damme_Canal wikiPageLength "2244".
- Damme_Canal wikiPageOutDegree "31".
- Damme_Canal wikiPageRevisionID "695657898".
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Belgian_Revolution.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Belgium.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Breskens.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bruges.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_Flanders.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_West_Flanders.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_Zeeland.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_the_Netherlands.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_opened_in_1856.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Damme.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geography_of_Bruges.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:International_canals.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sluis.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Damme.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_language.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink French_language.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Leopold_Canal_(Belgium).
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Napoleon.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Netherlands.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Navy.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Schipdonk_Canal.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Siphon.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Sluis.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink West_Flanders.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Western_Scheldt.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLink File:Damse_Vaart.JPG.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageWikiLinkText "Damme Canal".
- Damme_Canal wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commonscat.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Coord.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Orphan.
- Damme_Canal wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Damme_Canal subject Category:Canals_in_Flanders.
- Damme_Canal subject Category:Canals_in_West_Flanders.
- Damme_Canal subject Category:Canals_in_Zeeland.
- Damme_Canal subject Category:Canals_in_the_Netherlands.
- Damme_Canal subject Category:Canals_opened_in_1856.
- Damme_Canal subject Category:Damme.
- Damme_Canal subject Category:Geography_of_Bruges.
- Damme_Canal subject Category:International_canals.
- Damme_Canal subject Category:Sluis.
- Damme_Canal hypernym Canal.
- Damme_Canal point "51.280277777777776 3.313888888888889".
- Damme_Canal type Canal.
- Damme_Canal type SpatialThing.
- Damme_Canal comment "The Damme Canal (French: Canal de Damme. Dutch: Damse Vaart or Napoleonvaart) is a canal in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The canal links Bruges with the Western Scheldt at Sluis, Netherlands. It was constructed on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte who wished to create a canal network in order to permit the efficient transport of troops without the risk of disruptive interventions from the British navy.".
- Damme_Canal label "Damme Canal".
- Damme_Canal sameAs Q2111729.
- Damme_Canal sameAs Damse_Vaart.
- Damme_Canal sameAs Kanaal_van_Brugge_naar_Sluis.
- Damme_Canal sameAs Canal_de_Damme.
- Damme_Canal sameAs Damse_Vaart.
- Damme_Canal sameAs Damse_Vaart.
- Damme_Canal sameAs Damsekanalen.
- Damme_Canal sameAs m.0fqr2bx.
- Damme_Canal sameAs Kanaal_van_Brugge_naar_Sluis.
- Damme_Canal sameAs 2800929.
- Damme_Canal sameAs Q2111729.
- Damme_Canal lat "51.280277777777776".
- Damme_Canal long "3.313888888888889".
- Damme_Canal wasDerivedFrom Damme_Canal?oldid=695657898.
- Damme_Canal depiction Damse_Vaart.JPG.
- Damme_Canal isPrimaryTopicOf Damme_Canal.