Ref NoLDGSL/487
TitleWell sections at Grenelle and Passy, France
Date[c.1862]
LevelFile
Extent1 ms sheet
FormatMap/section
DescriptionGeorge Rowdon BURNELL, coloured drawing of well sections at Grenelle and Passy in Paris, France, [c.1862].
Administrative HistoryAccording to Burnell the first modern artesian well was sunk by M. Murlot [?Mulot] at the Abbatoir of Grenelle in Paris in 1832 which took eight years to complete. The well of Passy in Paris was sunk by M. Kind which were begun in 1857.
ProvenancePresented by Burnell in 1863.
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LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialAnother section well of a section by Mulot is at LDGSL/476.
Publication NoteBlack and white diagrammatical versions of the sections are published in: Burnell, G R. "On the machinery employed in sinking artesian wells", 'Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers', vol 23 (1864) pp459-472. Prestwich Tract P/3
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameBURNELL | George Rowdon | [c.1814]-1868 | civil engineer
TermWells
Previous referenceLDGSL 487
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/538BURNELL; George Rowdon ([1814]-1868); civil engineer[1814]-1868
Places
CodePlaceName
NA263Paris region
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