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Napoleon didn’t just approve plans for this canal to have access to water to residents. He also believed that this clean water access would help control the city’s health problems. Back then, several reports of dysentery and cholera were discovered.
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This canal would also help deliver building materials and food to Parisians, as it was built to circle almost three miles across the city. Two canals were built with the same purpose, which was the Canal de l’Ourcq and Canal Saint-Denis.