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17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free visit Rendez-vous Rue de Beauce in front of the windmill.
September 2022
Saturday 17
14:30 - 17:00
Sunday 18
14:30 - 17:00

Éolienne Bollée

Rue de Beauce 28190 Courville-sur-Eure
  • Eure-et-Loir
  • Centre-Val de Loire

Tour of the wind turbine

Guided tour of the Bollée windmill at the river mills.
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free visit Rendez-vous Rue de Beauce in front of the windmill.
Mairie de Courville sur Eure

After a visit to the Bollée wind turbine, an emblematic figure of our municipality, we will travel to meet three of the seven mills along the Eure River. We will evoke the heritage and technical history of these, thus combining air and water as a source of sustainable energy.

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thème 2022
Patrimoine durable
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Conditions de participation
Gratuit

About the location

Éolienne Bollée
Rue de Beauce 28190 Courville-sur-Eure
  • Eure-et-Loir
  • Centre-Val de Loire
This great “iron lady” symbol of industrial know-how of the late 19th century was installed in 1902 by the Lebert company, originally from Le Mans. It operates a patent filed by Ernest Bollée in 1868\. Perched on a 15-metre tower, its majestic turbine measures --5 metres in diameter. A reel, thanks to a set of gears, ensures the precise and permanent orientation of the turbine perpendicular to the wind and ensures optimum efficiency. A shaft transmits the mechanical force to a submerged pump ensuring a maximum flow rate of 4 m3/h in a wind of 7 m/s. Filling a raised concrete tank that is now gone, it will do its job until the facility is connected to the city’s water system.
Tags
Monument historique, Édifice industriel, scientifique et technique
Access
Parking Rue de Beauce and nearby
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