Interior of a Water Pump on the Seine

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The Chaillot Water Pump.

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Artist

Name:
Broux, P.
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Science & Technology
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Navellier, Narcisse
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Wellcome Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Les merveilles de l'industrie, vol. 3
Author:
Figuier, Louis
Publisher:
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, n.d. [1873-1877]
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Description:

Interior view of the water pump at Chaillot, now a part of Paris. It was located near the place de l’Alma and drew water from the Seine, which was then forced to the cisterns of the Chaillot Hill. The pump was initially powered by two Newcomen engines, named the Constantine and the Augustine after the project engineers, Jacques-Constantin and Auguste-Charles Périer. It remained in use from 1781 to 1900.

The caption reads in the original French: La pompe à feu de Chaillot.

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