Exhibition: the golden age of the Orbiquet mills

Name: Exhibition: the golden age of the Orbiquet mills
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Le Petit Moulin d'Orbec

The Petit Moulin offers...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

le Petit Moulin d'Orbec

The Petit Moulin offers a free visit of the site (the wash house, the wheel) A video of the phases of restauation of the hydraulic system. the exhibition "The Golden Age of the Orbiquet Mills", 14 panels that retrace the history of the Orbiquet and the decisive role of the mills in the economic and social development of the south of Auge in the 19th century. The operation of the machine to raise water and its water jets. This machine was installed in 1883 to supply spring water to 30 public fountains in the city of Orbec.

About the location

Le Petit Moulin d'Orbec

15 rue Saint-Pierre, 14290 Orbec

Calvados
Normandie

Visit the Petit Moulin d'Orbec, which has existed since the 12th century. In 1883 the engineer Ernest Bollée installed a machine to raise the water that allowed to supply spring water to 30 public fountains in the city. Mini exhibition and guided tour on the history of water in Orbec, the history of the inventors of the water-raising machine, the history of the Mill and ongoing restoration work.