Louise-Catherine country of registry France
Louise-Catherine is a former coal barge that was converted by the architect Le Corbusier into a floating homeless shelter, moored in Paris. It is a registered historic monument of the city of Paris. After being unused for years, it was under renovation as a cultural centre when it sank in the aftermath of the flooding of the Seine in early 2018.History
Louise-Catherine is a flat-bottomed reinforced concrete barge 70 metres (230 ft) long and 10 metres (33 ft) wide. It was built in 1915 as Liège to bring coal from Rouen to Paris during the First World War.
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