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Artist
Illustration
- Subject:
- Buildings & monuments
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Midderich
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Wellcome Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les merveilles de l'industrie, vol. 3
- Author(s):
- Figuier, Louis
- Publisher:
- Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, n.d. [1873-1877]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Cross section of a water tower in Dijon, France. The structure was designed by Henry Darcy to provide running water to the 29 000 inhabitants of Dijon, which was achieved in 1838. It is located in what is now Darcy Park (jardin Darcy), named after the engineer.
The caption reads in the original French: Coupe transversale du château d’eau, ou réservoir de la porte Guillaume, à Dijon.
Keywords: 1870s, 19th century, black & white, diagram, Europe, France, Les merveilles de l'industrie
