Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era


Government Finances.
France:  Money Spent on Bridges: 1804 - 1813

Note: All monies are in Francs.

Name of Bridge
Estimated Expense
Sums Spent 1804 - 1813
Bridge of Vercelli
560,00
530,00
Bridge of the Scrivia
300,000
300,000
Bridge of Tours
3,000,000
3,000,000
Bridge of Tilsit at Lyons
3,000,000
3,000,000
Bridge of the Isere & Others on that Route
4,000,000
4,000,000
Bridge over the Durance
1,500,000
1,500,000
Bridge over the Po at Turin
3,500,000
1,850,000
Bridge over the Dora
1,100,000
820,000
Bridge of Bordeaux
6,000,000
1,000,000
Bridge and Quays at Rouen
5,000,000
800,000
Bridge of Rouanne
2,400,000
1,500,000
Bridge of Serin and Arsenal at Lyons
1,000,000
300,000
Bridge of Avignon
1,200,000
600,000
Bridge of Givet
700,000
500,000
Bridge of the Vey
1,500,000
500,000
Bridge of Arves
350,000
200,000
Bridges of Laune, Moisac, Agen, etc.
7,000,000
700,000
Bridge of Sevres
2,000,000
800,000
Bridge of Saint Cloud
800,000
775,000
Total
44,910,000
22,675,000
Spent on Different Bridges since 1804
7,930,000
Total
30,605,000

 

Source:

Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. 4 New York : Charles Scribner's Sons; 1895. P. 442



 

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