They Were In Awe By What The Water Revealed After Draining A 200-Year-Old Parisian Canal

Published on 03/25/2021
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What The Canals Are Like Now

Locals and tourists alike frequent the canal nowadays. Young Parisians frequently congregate along the banks of the Seine and in the cafes that surround them. Tourists, on the other hand, prefer to photograph historical sites and bridges. Why, then, did the authorities decide to drain the water?

What The Canals Are Like Now

What The Canals Are Like Now

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All The Weird Things At The Bottom

The canal has certainly seen a lot of changes in its two centuries of existence. Every ten to fifteen years, authorities attempt to empty it. They’d get rid of everything that had accumulated at the bottom. This was not, however, a routine clean-up. What was it about this time that was so different?

All The Weird Things At The Bottom

All The Weird Things At The Bottom

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