PARIS FLOOD 1910 Old Postcard Rue de Bellechasse, Rue de Solferino, Gare d'Orsay

Vintage Old French Postcard. France, Disaster, Disasters. Flooding, Floods, Flooded. The Great Flood of River SEINE. Inondations de Paris (January / Janvier 1910) La Grande Crue de la Seine - La pression interieure de l'eau remplissant la gare d'Orsay fait sauter les dalles de verre du quai et par ces ouvertures l'inondation envahit le quartier par la Rue de Bellechasse et la Rue de Solferino. The inner pressure of the water filling the Gare d'Orsay blew the glass slabs of the dock and through these openings flood invaded the neighborhood Rue de Bellechasse and the Rue de Solferino. Cyclist. Street Scene.

Publisher: ND Phot
Series No: 186
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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PARIS FLOOD 1910 Old Postcard Rue de Bellechasse, Rue de Solferino, Gare d'Orsay

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