Canal Imperial de Aragón

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Canal Imperial de Aragón is an 18th-century irrigation and navigation canal in northeastern Spain that supplies water to Zaragoza and surrounding agricultural areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf irrigation canal
navigation canal
waterway
architectEngineer Ramón de Pignatelli
basinCountry Spain
commissionedBy Charles III of Spain
constructionStart 1776
country Spain
crosses municipality of Zaragoza
currentUse irrigation infrastructure
designedFor gravity-fed irrigation
endPoint Fuentes de Ebro
followsWatercourse Ebro River
hasBridge Puente de América (Zaragoza)
Puente de la Unión (Zaragoza)
hasCanalPort Zaragoza canal port
hasLock Casetas lock
Valdegurriana lock
hasPart aqueducts
irrigation ditches
locks
weirs
heritageStatus important hydraulic work of 18th-century Spain
historicalPeriod Enlightenment era
inception 18th century
languageOfName Spanish
length approximately 110 km
locatedIn Aragon
Ebro basin
northeastern Spain
province of Zaragoza
linked to: Zaragoza province
maintainedBy Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro
namedAfter Aragon
near La Almozara district of Zaragoza
originalFunction combined irrigation and navigation canal
partOf Spanish historical hydraulic network
passesThrough Zaragoza
primaryUse irrigation
regionServed Ebro valley
linked to: Ebro basin
secondaryUse navigation
significantEvent development of irrigated agriculture in the Ebro valley
startPoint Fontellas
suppliesWaterTo Zaragoza
agricultural areas around Zaragoza
transportFunction historical inland navigation route
waterSource Ebro River

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Parque José Antonio Labordeta borderedBy Canal Imperial de Aragón
Distrito Universidad contains Canal Imperial de Aragón (urban stretch)
linked to: Canal Imperial de Aragón
Canal Imperial de Aragón hasCanalPort Zaragoza canal port
linked to: Canal Imperial de Aragón