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Martin barrier and the canal at the beginning of the 19th
century  The Bassin de la Villette (La Villette Basin) is the
largest artificial lake in Paris. It was filled with water on 2
December 1808. Located in the 19th arrondissement of the
capital, it links the Canal de l'Ourcq to the Canal Saint-
Martin, and it represents one of the elements of the Réseau des
Canaux Parisiens (Parisian Canal Network), a public-works
authority operated by the city. The other components of the
network are the Canal de l'Ourcq, the Canal Saint-Denis, the
Canal Saint-Martin, and the Bassin de l'Arsenal.[1] Together,
these canals and basins extend roughly 130 kilometres (81 mi).
View from the Rotonde de la Villette toward the old magasins
généraux  Rectangular, eight hundred metres in length and
seventy metres in width, it begins at the Rue de Crimée (Crimea
Street) bridge, the last bridge in Paris that can