Île Saint-Louis in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Petit Hôtel de Marigny

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 26, 2022

1. Petit Hôtel de Marigny Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Petit Hôtel
de Marigny
Élevé en 1640
— — —
Habité par Rennequin
Créateur de la Machine
de Marly

(English translation:)

Marigny’s small townhouse, built in 1640. Once the home of Rennequin, the creator of the “Machine of Marly”.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1640.

Location. 48° 51.072′ N, 2° 21.594′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Île Saint-Louis. It is on Quai d'Anjou, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5 Quai d'Anjou, Paris, Île-de-France 75004, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Honoré Daumier (within shouting distance of this marker); Henry-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (within shouting distance of this marker); A.V. Geoffroy-Dechaume (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles Lederman (within shouting distance of this marker); Vladimir Lossky (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867) (within shouting distance of this marker); Philippe Lebon (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Léon Bourgeois (about 90 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . .
1. Rennequin Sualem (Wikipedia).

His big achievement: In 1678 the French king Louis XIV called for a competition to construct an effective pump system to bring water from the nearby Seine river to his chateaux at Versailles and Marly in order to supply the fountains there, and Sualem resolved to present his model, a scaled-up version of his pump system at Hoyoux... When he presented his imposing wooden model he impressed the king with his detailed description of its operation, and convinced that Sualem understood the problem to be tackled, Louis XIV commissioned him to immediately begin construction…The resulting huge Machine de Marly, engineered by Arnold de Ville, lifted the waters from the Seine to the Versailles palace, in this case 150 m (490 ft) higher. The machine included 14 paddlewheels to power over 200 pumps that forced water up a network of pipes to an aqueduct. It took 30 years to complete
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 26, 2022

2. Petit Hôtel de Marigny Marker - wide view
in 1684 and remained in use until 1817 before subsequent modification.

(Submitted on February 13, 2023.)

2. Machine de Marly (Wikipedia). (Submitted on February 13, 2023.)

Petit Hôtel de Marigny and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 26, 2022

3. Petit Hôtel de Marigny and Marker

Vue de la Machine de Marly image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pierre Denis-Martin (via Wikimedia Commons), 1723

4. Vue de la Machine de Marly

“Showing the Machine de Marly on the Seine, the Louveciennes hillside, and in the background to the right, the aqueduc de Louveciennes to which the water was pumped by the Machine.”

Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 799 times since then and 78 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 13, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.