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On the Seine Turned Since 1684 Fourteen Wheels with Blades that Raised the Water to More than 150 M for a Single Garden

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Between 1681 and 1684, Louis XIV had the Machine de Marly built, a hydraulic engineering prodigy composed of fourteen wheels with blades operating more than 200 pumps. This fascinating machine had to solve an apparently insoluble problem: raising the water of the Seine over 150 meters to power the spectacular fountains of the Parc de Versailles. More
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Between 1681 and 1684, Louis XIV had the Machine de Marly built, a hydraulic engineering prodigy composed of fourteen wheels with blades operating more than 200 pumps. This fascinating machine had to solve an apparently insoluble problem: raising the water of the Seine over 150 meters to power the spectacular fountains of the Parc de Versailles. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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