Lingqu Canal
Canal de Lingqu
- Date
- 214 BCE · confidence high
- Place
- Xing'an, Guilin, Guangxi, China
- Credited to
- Shi Lu, engineer of Qin Shi Huang
- People
- 👤 Shi Lu
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A 36 km canal that crosses the divide between the Yangtze and Pearl River basins by following the contour lines. It is one of the oldest summit canals in the world.
It had flash locks (gate locks) to regulate water level; the pound lock did not arrive until 984.
What it led to
- supplying Qin's conquest of the south
- navigable route between central and southern China