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Iguazu 1931

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  Travel to the Iguazù Falls,
after the rise of the Parana rio in balsa
(August 1931)

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These falls are great, certainly the most spectacular in the worldfar ahead of the more famous Zambezi and Niagara Falls.
They are now more easily accessible by plane, but operated by a huge hydroelectric dam (Itaipu), so their flow has decreased.

They have been visited in 1908 by my grandfather Louis Cordelle and his family, in 1909 by my grandfather Eugene Hausermann (Daddy) and his family

In 1931, it was Jean Cordelle who went there with his family, except Yves (1 year 1/2) who had stayed in Rosario, at the custody of Clementine

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