Textual archive dataset on sediment knowledge and regulation in the French Rhône River (early 19th c. - early 20th c.)
Organisation : UMR 5600 Environnement, Ville, Société
Couverture temporelle : 1800-01-01 – 1900-01-01
Mots-clés : history,ohm-vr,rhone,sediment-management,textual-archives
Formats disponibles : www:link-1.0-http--link

This dataset presents archival documents on sediment management in the French Rhône River during the nineteenth century. The dataset includes technical reports on sediment management in the river and correspondence between central and peripheral offices of the state administration. The dataset is the result of archival research conducted in 2020-2021 mostly on records of the Ministry of Public Works at the the National Archives of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and the records of the Special Service for the Rhône at the Departmental Archives of Rhône. The dataset contains 4144 image files.