Oise Lateral Canal

…is a link in the canal system between the navigable waterways of the Seine system and the canals of the north of France, which connect the center of the Paris Basin with the former coal basin (the Saint-Quentin and Nord canals) and the longest canals, leading to Dunkirk and Belgium.…

…bottleneck was removed on the Oise Lateral Canal with the building of two locks to accommodate through convoys to Paris.