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Bereguardo Canal
canal, Italy
- Italian:
- Naviglio di Bereguardo
Bereguardo Canal, historic canal in Lombardy, Italy, the first canal in Europe to use a series of pound locks (locks with gates at both ends) to overcome a large change in elevation. The Bereguardo Canal was one of a series of canals built around Milan in the 15th century that resulted in important improvements in lock design. A single lock (also known as a staunch lock) with vertically lifting gates had been built in 1438 on the Naviglio Grande, a water-supply canal also used for carrying stone for building the cathedral of Milan. When Bertola da Novate became ducal engineer ...(100 of 282 words)