Paris Drained Its Famous Canal for the First Time in Decades and Found Relics

Beneath the calm surface of one of Paris’s most photographed waterways, a surprising story was waiting. The Canal Saint-Martin, built in the early 1800s to bring fresh water and trade to a growing city, has long been admired for its beauty but also known for its grime. When crews drained it for the first time in more than two decades, they hauled out tons of debris and thousands of objects from the muck below. According to the video, some of what they found looked strangely out of place, and the question of how it all ended up there is hard to shake. Press play to see what the workers pulled from the mud.

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