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| Keywords: Pompe Notre-Dame, vue prise de la voûte du quai de Gêvres en 1861.jpg Artwork This print shows the Pompe Notre-Dame or Notre-Dame Pump originally built in 1670 then reconstructed in 1708 This pump channeled waters from the Seine into many public fountains and monuments allowing the fountains to shoot water from twelve up to fifty feet in the air Here shown in 1861 the pump looks rather destitute and neglected next to the Pont-Notre Dame The Pont underwent much renovation during the 19th century while the pump remained virtually untouched 1875-1882 lithograph 10 6 x 15 2 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Published in Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer Paris à travers les âges Paris Firmin-Didot et cie 1885 accession number 11636924890 PD-old Lithographs of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Paris à travers les âges | ||||
