Dry docks of Toulouse, Dry dock and historic monument in Toulouse, France

The dry docks of Toulouse stand at 65 allée des Demoiselles, on the canal du Midi rather than the Garonne. Around a central water basin linked to the canal by a passage under a rolling bridge lie the slipways; three of the four original forms remain. One slipway, built in 1841 and 30 m long, is sheltered by a brick shed with curved timber ribs and a terracotta-tiled roof.

The facility was built in the 19th century and represents the craftsmanship methods of ship maintenance from that era. Its official recognition as a historic monument in 1989 confirmed its importance to Toulouse.

The covered dock, built in 1841, is 30 metres long and has a curved-timber roof frame in a typically Toulousain manner, originally covered in zinc and now in terracotta tiles. Workers of Voies navigables de France still build canal-maintenance equipment beneath its arches. The site is linked to Urbain Maguès.

The docks stand at 65 allée des Demoiselles, on the canal du Midi rather than the Garonne. The basins and the covered slipway are not open to the public except during the Journées du patrimoine; the rest of the year they can only be seen from outside the fence along the alley.

The covered dock, built in 1841, is 30 metres long and lets repairs continue in any weather. It is the only covered dry dock on the Canal du Midi between Sète and Bordeaux, and its curved timber ribs now shelter workers of Voies navigables de France making canal maintenance equipment.