Discussion. Description of the Bridge-Aqueduct of Roquefavour on the Line of the Canal of Marseilles. (Including Plate).

Abstract

BRIDGE-.&UEDUCT OF ROQUEFAVOUR. Mr. POLE, through the SECRETARY, communicated some extracts from notes partly collected during a recent visit to the locality, with Mr. Rendel (M. Inst. C. E.), and partly derived from information received from M. Pascal, t,he Engineer of the port of Marseilles. After giving the general objects of the canal, he stated, that the principal aqueduct commenced at the prise d'eau, opposite the bridge of Pertuis, bore away in a westerly direction, and then turned directly southward to Les Beaumes St. Antoine, whence various branches diverged in different directions for the irrigation of the agricultural districts ; one being carried onwards BRIDGE-AQUEDUCT OF ROQUEFAVOUR.