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

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Parque José Antonio Labordeta borderedBy Canal Imperial de Aragón