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Disaster PARIS FLOOD 1910 Bridge Archeveche & MORTUARYEarly French B/W Postcard. Disasters. Floods. France. The Great Flood of River SEINE. Inondations de Paris (January / Janvier 1910), Crue de la Seine. Cliche 28 Janvier 1910, Crue maximum 9m50, Le Pont de l'Archeveche et la Morgue. (Believed maximum 9m50, the Bridge of Archeveche and the Mortuary.).Publisher: A. Noyer Paris
Series No: 35
Faults: Tear at left (from centre to bottom) & creased at bottom left
Sent from: Paris
Addressed to: Allemagne
Stamp: 10c Sower
Condition: Used
Background: In 1910 there has been a terrible flood in Paris. Water not only flooded along the river Seine but went through the newly built Metro network into the center of the city. On January 28, 12 days after the beginning of the flood, water was 6 meters higher than usual at the Pont d'Austerlitz. Throughout the city you can still find marks of this flood.
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