An Important Source Of Water
The canal spans 4.5 kilometers. It was built after Napoleon Bonaparte I signed off on the project. This canal was made primarily to provide potable water to the 550,000 residents of Paris. However, he knew that there was a good chance that the population was only going to grow bigger in the future.
An Important Source Of Water
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A Lot More To It Than That
On top of that, he hoped that access to clean water would control the health problems in the city. There were many reports of cholera and dysentery back then. The Canal Saint-Martin covers nearly three miles of the city. At the time, it also carried food and building supplies to Parisians all over the city.
A Lot More To It Than That
