Repairing Notre Dame's Vaults with Underground Quarries
Clip: Season 47 Episode 8 | 2m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Hidden under Paris is a rich source of limestone, a vast labyrinth of quarry tunnels.
By exploring Paris' underground tunnels, can scientists identify the original source of Notre Dame's vaulting stone, damaged in the 2019 fire?
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Repairing Notre Dame's Vaults with Underground Quarries
Clip: Season 47 Episode 8 | 2m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
By exploring Paris' underground tunnels, can scientists identify the original source of Notre Dame's vaulting stone, damaged in the 2019 fire?
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Scientists and engineers fight to save Notre Dame Cathedral after the 2019 fire. (28s)
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National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.