An Important Source Of Water
The canal stretches for 4.5 kilometers. After Napoleon Bonaparte approved the project, it was completed. The purpose of this canal was to provide safe drinking water to Paris’s 550,000 residents. However, he was well aware that the population would almost certainly continue to increase in the future.
An Important Source Of Water
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A Lot More To It Than That
He also hoped that having clean water would aid in addressing the city’s health problems. There were numerous reports 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 over the city.
A Lot More To It Than That
