When A Parisian Canal Aged Two-Hundred Years Was Drained, No One Could Believe What Was In There

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Measuring at 4.5 kilometers, the Canal Saint-Martin was commissioned by the iconic Napoleon Bonaparte. Those great builders and city planners involved aimed to provide the 550,000 Parisian citizens with a clean drinkable water source. But Bonaparte was not just a great military leader, he was also a man that could look to the future and understand that a city like Paris was destined to house millions of people one day. This was a man whose genius was unparalleled during his time.

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