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Named after a shipbuilding district in Lyon rather than the French word for fly, these glass-enclosed excursion boats have been carrying passengers along the Seine since 1949, when entrepreneur Jean Bruel purchased one of the last surviving steamers from the 1900 Universal Exhibition and launched a novel concept: guided sightseeing loops departing from and returning to the same quay, with no stops. Bruel's marketing genius sealed the brand in public memory. On 1 April 1953, he staged a mock ina...