The Many Watercraft of The Seine

Through the heart of Paris runs a very, very busy river. Packed with commercial barge traffic, tour boats, pleasure boats and one car. A 1964 Amphicar lives on the stern of the Peniche a Dutch barge turned home and office owned by the architect Jacques Rougerie.

Rougerie’s work is quite interesting. He works in the domain of underwater habitats. You can see a bunch in this Atlas Obscura article: The Retro-Futuristic Undersea Habitats of Jacques Rougerie The Amphicar is quite fascinating as well. But the 2007 flooding in England and the role played by one of these little cars in helping people out is quite a good read over here: Flood Friday

I hope you enjoyed this minisode. Next Tuesday will be another full length podcast. Looking, this time at another decidedly different mode of transportation.

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