An Important Source Of Water
The canal is 4.5 kilometers in length. It was completed after Napoleon Bonaparte gave his approval to the project. This canal was built primarily to provide safe drinking water to Paris’s 550,000 residents. However, he was well aware that the population would almost certainly continue to grow in the future.
An Important Source Of Water
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A Lot More To It Than That
Furthermore, he hoped that having access to clean water would help control the city’s health issues. Back then, there were numerous reports of cholera and dysentery. The Canal Saint-Martin encircles the city for nearly three miles. It also delivered food and building materials to Parisians all over the city at the time.
A Lot More To It Than That
