Sewers of Paris: The Revolutionary Construction of a City Beneath | FD Engineering
An Underground City: Inside the Enormous Sewers of Paris | FD Engineering
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Paris’ history can also be told by its sewers. A Haussmann legacy that remains in use nearly 150 years after its creation. This gigantic, complex network is a maze of tunnels: 2,600 kilometers of galleries, same as the distance between Paris and Moscow, allowing Parisians to carry away their wastewater while also providing them with clean drinking water.
How does this network built in the 19th century continue to display unrivaled modernity even in this day and age? What ingenious systems were set up to move millions of cubic meters of water without using any energy? What are the roles of the gate boats, tanks, and spillways? How do these sewers improve the health of the environment?
Thanks to highly eloquent computer-generated imagery and by following the men and women who manage this parallel network in a dark, confined setting fraught with lethal gas on a daily basis, you’re about to see how the Paris Sewers work.
They’re a city underneath the city; a mirror of the streets above the ground; and a forgotten, often ignored universe that opens its doors to you for an exceptional visit.
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Judging by the sewer design I think the sewer of Paris is much better than the sewer of New York or any other big cities in the world. This is environmentally acceptable for healthy living. What a great innovation.
Comms,the sewerage waste system,drinking water, and non drinking water all in one accessible network.The people who thought up,designed, and built this multiple purpose network are truly geniuses. The fact that this network is still fully functional and still operating today is impressive!!
The only thing that changed is that they lined the walls with concrete bcs the bricks were getting unstable in some parts
Anyone who watched this video till the end would agree with me that”this is just beautiful “👍
“The bowels of the earth” 😂 lol I actually like that
Now THIS is how a sewerage system should be built, maintained and allowed to function!!! The English are very proud of the London sewer system, but it has nowhere near the functionality of the Paris system. It also speaks volumes of the political system of France that both the local and national governments remained invested in seeing the completion of the sewer system, even though it took several decades. Then there is the fact that Paris continues to invest in the system today to ensure its continued operation, while also paying close attention to the ecological impact on the environment and how to make it a positive, rather than negative impact! I found this documentary absolutely fascinating! I knew nothing of the Parisian sewer system before, but now I believe it to one of, if not the BEST, sewerage systems in the WORLD today! Comparable, and maybe sometimes even superior, to more modern systems. Parisians have every right to be proud of their sewer system, and I agree that it should be considered as part of Paris's cultural legacy, to just to Paris, but to the world too!
You’re not wrong.
No one has ever had the idea to upgrade the boats with some low voltage DC motors to run the gate and chains?
All my life (50++ years), i thought this was the way of doing it, not ripping open roads every few weeks to lay a new pipe or pull a new cable. Only in my vision, I would have made 2 parallel systems, one carrying sewer and maybe gas, one for the fresh water supply and other service. The later would collect the storm water from road drains etc, so that there are two system, one for foul water - one for run-off water.
One of the best documentaries.
genius! superb documentary!
Such a magnificent ideas that many country should adopt this genius ideas. Paris is one of my most beautiful cities that I admire and love about when it comes to history and old architectural land mark. I ❤ Paris. 💚😊👍😘
WONDERFULLY INFORMATIVE- THANK YOU
Its weird but sewers have always fascinated me 😮
Not weirdest all, very fascinating. Architecturally compelling as well as technically impressive
A funny fact: a prefect in charge of Paris passed a law in 1883 forcing people to use rubbish containers closed by a lid. People took the habit of calling those by the name of that prefect: poubelle (rubbish bin)
"World best water management system "
Perfect topic. Perfect explination. Thank you for uploading.
What an amazing documentary
Paris sewers Looks so clean
Tourists should visit Kenya,where we av learnt to live with raw,burst sewage during rain,n learn vital lessons of surviving hardships
I REALLY LOVE YOUR CHANEL WITH DOCUMENTARY THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO
The history of men is reflected in the history of sewers, V. Hugo
i really like your channel thank you for this video
Paris is one of the few large cities I know of that has been able to keep a "mixed" system, that is storm wanter and wastewater. Atlanta for example dug up many of its streets about 15 years ago to separate the two due to the the system being frequently overwhelmed.
I can't afford the money or time to build a sewer system underneath my Lego Castle town, but I sure want to now! I remember someone once built a great Lego model of a modern cityscape with a proper sewer and got it onto the Ideas program. Lego made a mistake passing that one up!
Wow👍👍👍Kudos to geniuses behind that mega project. I hope that someday all countries especially the Philippines will have that kind of sewerage or upgraded version of that were the methane can be used for gas stoves; flowing water from huge pipes can run turbines to create electricity, and solid matters and nitrogen as fertilizers...
big investment but clearly worth it in the long run building system like this instead of single pipes like other cites could save a lot money and time just the upfront cost would be expensive
The French are a practical people and they also have very fine engineers.
The great paris water catacombs, impressive.
70 olympic sized pools/hour is CRAZY it's like filling up one pool in under a minute😐
Yes of course no one can stop if the country unite in common goal achievement is not far from realization of they unite for a common goal
39:22 Huh ?? If the spillway is closed during high river, then how could the spillway evacuate into the river ? What am I missing here ? Is there some kind of one way valve, or pumping system the force the water into the river ? Aarre Peltomaa
how many teams operating daily using these boats?
So there’s this as well as the catacombs
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Here after reading les miserables
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the freshwater pipes reside within the sewer pipes themselves? lets hope the pipes are well sealed
Well sealed and under huge pressure so nothing can get inside
Far better thn my country's capital sewers
Now that's a sewer where a flock of penguins may live
In New Orleans we still call an open drain or gutter a ''French drain '' 😎
are the team members trained equaly so they can substitute each other during their shifts? (or each member has a particular task within this job)?
I presume they are trained fir this meaning that they get all kinds of expertise specific to the sewage system. Certain skills are transferable and they seem to work in teams meaning. If few people are sick for a team not to be able to do their jobs, you can transfer members from another team
why they say that "back then" the water was contaminated, while today the water in Seine is still highly polluted?
I laughed when they said there was absolutely zero chance of leaks or holes in the water pipe and behind him is a water pipe leaking. I understand that the pressure and water leaking will keep the sewage water out, but it was still contracting him
Great video, although I had no idea an "Olympic sized pool" was a unit of measure.
Not really: it is a "visual. / "known size"-aid that makes the scope or quantity applicable more and quicker understandable.
Don't forget the football field unit.
@@Furitokama football or soccer?
@@chucku.farley3927 It's used for both !😄
@@chucku.farley3927 Football, not American Hand Egg.
New York said "hold my beer" and made enormous metal stomachs that digest sewage to produce combustible gasses.
Bet there's a ton of diamonds and precious metals in those sand pits.
They did not say anything about where or how they dispose the sands. Probably they do some collection if treasures
The streets are no better than the sewers.
wait i thought it was the city of love
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Faminishm is now at backseat😂
and the smell
Still smells better than you
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Brilliant at least we know where the poo 💩 go too 😅👏👏
The lady who was in prison for the victims.
No way today would they put water pipes in sewers. The Hydrogen sulfide in some of those sewers will eat away the pipe too.
I wish the french could also construct these massive and sophisticated water treatment plants in the African colonies
Well the Frogs gave up their colonies 60 years ago perhaps the Africans can do that on their own that is what sovereign nations do.
I find it funny people always look for ways to pass blame to France and other colonolies 60 years after independence...
@@692ALBANNACHyet they still cause instability to loot resources
@@mourice1669 Looks like the instability is mostly self inflicted.
Everybody gangsta, till they found a rat colony playing gypsy music.
where politicians hide on waxk a dinosaur day
"underground city" - of sewers. Unwanted click from me. Not what I expected.
did someone say poo water
Just put inside enormous sewers under Paris instead of click baiting with CITY
Well said!!!!!!!!!
Is it safe for Americans to travel there I no one time they wish we were dead and alway threaten to kill us if we came if it safe I love to come see your beautiful country
Doesn't every city have this?
Parisians drinking hours old poo water explains a lot..
SUMTIMES I HAf a poh out off my botom is dat ok
wait. so why is paris still smell so bad?
Maybe because they aren't so deep, some of the ones in London can be 25 metres deep. Some parts of the Fleet sewer is 25 metres deep and the overflow relief is even deeper
you ever been in a room full of French people
Your drinking water in a sewers system 🤢
LMAOO
Some of the water that comes out of your taps was once at a sewage plant 😊
Out of curiosity, where do you live? Because if it's in the u s it's the same If you live in Germany, it's also the same.
So is yours
@@thethirtythree482 would you like some of it?
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The sewer is a crappy place to work.
Is it the shitiest video ever watched 😂
The city of shite to the city of light.