Title: ‘Coupe geologique d’un puits foré dit artésien…’

Creator: Delarue

Description: Print, ‘Coupe geologique d’un puits foré dit artésien fait a cours fait indre & loire chez Monsieur Champoiseau manufacturier en soie par Mulot Ingénieur Mécanicien à Epinay (Seine)’. The lithograph shows a geological section of an artesian well drilled through various strata, the depths of which are recorded, and also a note on the volume of water pumped per day and its quality. The well seems to have been installed by a M. Mulot, a mechanical engineer from Epinay, for a M. Chapoiseau, a silk manufacturer.

Date: [1860s]

Format: Lithograph

Archive reference: LDGSL/476

Image reference: 08-11

Recommended print size: Up to 20 x 16 inches (50 x 40cm)