The Brabant B5 Canal Zones
The Brabant B5 canal circuit was built at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century to accommodate for the needs of the growing industry in the South of The Netherlands.
The canals stretch across the five cities of Eindhoven, Helmond, ‘s Hertogenbosch, Tilburg and Breda, located in the southern province of Brabant, from which B5 derives (B5-Ruimtelijk Ordening, 2007). A former industrial canal area characterizes each city and is waiting to be transformed. |
These canals, dug at the end of 1800 and highly active until 1960s, are connected to each other by a large system of navigable canals (Willelhminakanaal, Zuid-Willemsvaartkanaal, Eindhovenkanaal).
They physically connect the 5 cities and small towns and cross unique urban agglomerations and man-made landscapes, thus forming a transport circuit with a high potential. |
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