Volume 4

France / by D.H. Darby.

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division.
Date:
1942
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: France / by D.H. Darby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and braided course of the river, winding in its level flood-plain, is rectified at intervals by artificial cuts. It differs from the other canalized tributaries of the Seine in having a relatively well-graded valley that needs but few locks. | From Compiégne downstream the Oise valley becomes increasingly industrial and has the heaviest traffic of all the Seine tributaries (Plate g1). It taps the north-east industrial region by way of the St Quentin Canal, the Belgian coalfield via the canalized Sambre, and the Méziéres metallurgical district of the Meuse by the Aisne river and the Ardennes Canal. To feed the varied industries, coal passes downstream from France, Belgium, Holland and Germany; domestic coke moves upstream from the Paris gas works; salt, ore and pig-iron come down from Lorraine, and sand, stone, timber and cement move in both directions. Ports Pe ictaits, = Wharves, factories, etc. Andresy (above | o | Wharfage of 12,000 sq.m. Sidings con- Conflans- | nected with Etat Railway _ Ste Honorine) | | Maurecourt | 1 Dock for 150 barges. Boat-building yards. | _ Wharves serving timber yards and sawmills | Neuville | 3. | Private wharves serving sand pits (0:18 M.m.t.) | / | Pontoise 14 | Coal and brick depots. Wharves St Ouen-L’Auméne 16 | Extensive private wharves serving sugar | refineries, chemical works and distilleries | Méry-sur-Oise 21. Wharves serving stone quarry Meériel 24 | Private wharves serving stone quarries Persan 34-38 | Wharves serving cement works, paper mills, _ | brick works, chemical works and rubber | | factories | Beaumont 35 Wharves serving lime kilns (0-27 M.m.t.) | Précy 45 Nord Railway. Wharves serving timber | yards, saw mills and cement works St Maximin | 53 | Wharves serving saw mills and quarries | Montataire 54 Private wharves serving machinery and | | | engineering works ) Creil | 58 | Public and private quays connected with | Nord Railway serving engineering works, | : | bleaching and dye works | Villers-St Paul 62 | Private wharves serving bleaching and dye | | works, and works of Vieille Montagne Zinc | eum, OS | Pont-Ste Maxence ois ame pei wharves serving foundry and pottery | | works La Croix-St Ouen 88 | Private wharves. Oil and petrol depot / Compiégne 98 | Public and private wharves serving glass | (o:11 M.m.t.) | works, chemical works, iron and bronze | | _ foundries, and soap and tallow factories | Clairoix (Aisne ' 100 | Private wharves serving rubber factory | | confluence) | | Choisy-au-Bac 102 | Boat-building yards | Janville (Oise 104 | Barge basin. Boat-building yards. Wharves | |.- Lateral C.)