Quai de l'Oise, Riverfront in 19th arrondissement, Paris, France.
The Quai de l'Oise runs for about 650 meters along the Bassin de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement, offering a wide walking path right next to the water. The promenade is open and straight, giving clear views across the basin and the surrounding buildings.
The quay was built in 1828 as part of the Canal de l'Ourcq project and became key infrastructure for the growing district. It served as the location for La Villette's second town hall from 1837 to 1850.
The quay takes its name from the Oise, the French river that rises in Belgium. It runs along the right, northern bank of the Bassin de la Villette, from the rue de Crimée to the quai de la Gironde, where the Ourcq and Saint-Denis canals meet. The name is often misapplied to the canal itself.
The quay begins at the junction of rue de Crimée and place de Bitche and ends where the Canal de l'Ourcq meets the Canal Saint-Denis, continuing as the quai de la Gironde. The paved walkway runs along the northern bank of the Bassin de la Villette, with a low kerb and mooring bollards at the water's edge and a road with marked lanes beside it.
Two precise wartime hits are recorded on this quay: on 11 March 1918 a German air raid struck No. 116, and on 16 April 1918 a shell fired by the Grosse Bertha exploded at No. 21. The Paris Gun, as the long-range cannon was known, was bombarding the capital from the forest of Coucy at the time.
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