Avant la construction du Pont Canal de Briare (1890-1896), les bateaux qui naviguaient sur le "vieux canal" (Canal Henri IV 1604-1642) franchissaient la Loire entre les écluses des Mantelots et des Combles.
Before the building of the "bridge channel" of Briare (1890-1896), the boats which sailed on the "old channel" (Channel Henri IV 1604-1642) crossed the Loire between the locks of Mantelots and the Combles.