The New International Encyclopædia/Canal du Midi

CANAL DU MIDI, kȧ′nȧl′ du mē̇′dē̇′, or Canal du Languedoc. A canal in the south of France, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It extends for 150 miles from Toulouse on the Garonne River to Cette on the Mediterranean. It is 60 feet wide, 6½ feet deep, has 114 locks, 50 acqueducts, and reaches a maximum altitude of 600 feet. It is navigable for vessels of 100 tons. It was completed in 1681 at a cost of $3,500,000.