How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910
by
Jeffrey H. Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
In the winter of 1910, the river that brought life to Paris quickly became a force of destruction. Torrential rainfall saturated the soil, and faulty engineering created a perfect storm of conditions that soon drowned Parisian streets, homes, businesses, and museums. The city seemed to have lost its...