Artesian Well at Grenelle, Paris

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Artesian well at Grenelle, Paris.

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Artist

Name:
Broux, P.
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Buildings & Monuments
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:

Elevation of the fountain tapping into the artesian well located in Grenelle, a neighborhood in southwestern Paris. The 138 ft (42 m) tall tower was a three-storey  metal structure, topped by a cupola. It was erected place de Breteuil in 1858 and taken down in 1903.

The caption reads in the original French: Puits artésien de Grenelle, à Paris.

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