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Lévignac : Chappe telegraph

Haute-Garonne

Reference

PA00094691

Latitude

43.6488419

Longitude

1.213776

Address

31530 Lévignac - France

Construction era

2e quart 19e siècle

Protection date

1992/09/03 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Tour de la forêt de Bouconne (cad. B 20) : inscription par arrêté du 3 septembre 1992

This tower, erected in 1834, reached a height of ten meters and has a diameter of four meters. It is one of the rare remaining traces of the "Chappe" line connecting Toulouse to Bordeaux. At ground level, there was the housing of the stationary. Although the mechanism located at the top of the structure no longer exists, it could be recreated.