An Important Source Of Water
The canal is 4.5 kilometers in length. After Napoleon Bonaparte authorized the project, it was completed. This canal was built mainly to provide safe drinking water to the 550,000 people who live in Paris. Even so, he has been well aware that the population will almost probably start to increase in the near future.
An Important Source Of Water
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A Lot More To It Than That
He also dared to hope that having safe drinking water would aid the city’s health problems. There were countless cases of cholera and dysentery at the time. The Canal Saint-Martin runs for nearly three miles through the city. At the time, it also delivered food and construction materials to Parisians all around the city.
A Lot More To It Than That