The Saint-Louis-Arzviller inclined plane is part of the Marne-Rhine Canal (French: Canal de la Marne au Rhin), located in the commune of Saint-Louis, between the towns of Saint-Louis and Arzviller in the département of the Moselle. It enables the canal to cross the Vosges Mountains.
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