Seine River Steamers The Élise was the first steam ship to cross the English Channel. She was bought in England 1814 by Pierre Andriel as" Margery", and renamed "Élise". Andriel intended to accomplish a spectacular crossing of the Channel to convince public opinion that steam ships could be ocean-worthy. She sailed up the Seine and arrived in Paris on 28 March, becoming a popular sensation. Two small saluting guns were mounted at the bow and fired in honour of Louis XVIII Early tugs used chains in the river to tow trains of barges up river. The low steam pressure and low power of
Vaucouleurs (river) notable floods occurred in March 1989, December 2000 and March 2001. Sensors were installed upstream in Septeuil and Courgent to warn of flooding. Vaucouleurs (river) The Vaucouleurs is a small river in the Île-de-France and Centre-Val de Loire regions of northern France. The name "Vaucouleurs" means "colorful valley." The Vaucouleurs is a tributary of the Seine river. It traverses one departments, the Yvelines. The narrow waterway stretches for before emptying into the Seine. In spite of the shortness of its course, the Vaucouleurs is subject to sudden flooding associated with thunderstorms, followed by rapidly decreasing water levels, which sometimes make