Ourthe Canal

The Ourthe Canal or Meuse-Moselle Canal is an unfinished canal that was meant to connect the Meuse at Liège and the Moselle at Wasserbillig. The project was initiated by King William I. Due to the enormous costs and the political instability following the Belgian Revolution, the works came to a halt. Ultimately, the rise of the railway as a new and much cheaper transportation solution dealt the final blow.
From Liège to Houffalize, a canal was started, lateral to the Ourthe, which was later completed. Beyond Houffalize, at Bernistap, the canal needed to overcome the watershed line between the Meuse and Moselle basins with an approximately 2.5 km long tunnel. It then continued its way to Wasserbillig through the valleys of the Woltz and the Sûre. The total length would be 261 kilometers, and the huge height difference between the Meuse, the watershed at Bernistap, and the Moselle would be overcome by 218 locks.

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