HIST 4022 Chapter : Art Crimean War
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Recap: niii- intense industrialization, capital banks to loan money. Other major thing he did- huge public works campaign, stimulus program- the rebuilding of. First priority, clean water supply, then modern sewage system. Large tunnels, still in existence- leading all sewage and rainwater out and down river. Someone wrote a book about the paris sewer boats- took many rides with them, once he fell in-eeeww. First large city where it was literally possible to drink tap water and with sewage system. Some parts of paris were so terribly full of disease that it was thought impossible to clean up (most areas were poor and ancient), so they were to be destroyed and rebuilt. The person in charge of these activities- prefect of the seine. He had an artists eye when designing things. Insisted on broad new streets- boulevards (ex: champs elys e) and lamps to illuminate the city at night- city of.
