Sewers of Paris: The Revolutionary Construction of a City Beneath | FD Engineering

An Underground City: Inside the Enormous Sewers of Paris | FD Engineering

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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[timewithrandy]

Anyone who watched this video till the end would agree with me that”this is just beautiful “👍

[adiakiyes]

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.

[robynpicknell]

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!

[geoffreypotterpotter]

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!!

[Endlesstruthawakening]

“The bowels of the earth” 😂 lol I actually like that

[josiahhosking]

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. 💚😊👍😘

[musicforaarre]

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

[JohnDudley-lx]

The French are a practical people and they also have very fine engineers.

[Cornell]

Its weird but sewers have always fascinated me 😮

[OvertheGarage-wvwn]

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.

[GracefulMusefulQueen-xmuf]

The history of men is reflected in the history of sewers, V. Hugo

[MichaelWells-rx]

I REALLY LOVE YOUR CHANEL WITH DOCUMENTARY
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO

[Nphen]

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!

[ViictoryUkraine]

The great paris water catacombs, impressive.

[VID_beats]

70 olympic sized pools/hour is CRAZY it's like filling up one pool in under a minute😐

[jorgeney]

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...

[huibertlandzaat]

Perfect topic. Perfect explination. Thank you for uploading.

[मंजितगाड़ी]

"World best water management system "

[GracefulMusefulQueen-xmuf]

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)?

[MichaelWells-rx]

i really like your channel
thank you for this video