Gangs of sewer workers in 1920s in Paris. Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris A main sewer in Paris, 1872-87. Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris Main sewer at Nunhead, London, ...

The Seine is a 483-mile river in northern France, running along the Paris region and into the English ... Swimming events to be held in sewer water." The Olympic Games have regularly made water ...