Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era


Government Finances.
France:  Money Spent on Public Works: 1804 - 1813

Note: All monies are in Francs.

Name of Project

Sums Spent 1804 - 1813
Bridges
30,605,000
Canals and Reclamation Projects
122,587,898
Imperial Palaces and Edifices
62,054,583
Miscellaneous Public Works
149,108,550
Public Works in Paris
102,421,000
Roads
277,484,549
Seaports
117,328,710
Total
861,590,290

 

Source:

Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. 4 New York : Charles Scribner's Sons; 1895. Pages 441 - 444



 

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