In order to supply water to the Palace of Versailles, Louis XIV...

In order to supply water to the Palace of Versailles, Louis XIV ordered the construction of the “Machine de Marly” to pump water from the river Seine located about six miles away and at 500 feet lower elevation from the castle. This machine, considered one of the most complex of its time, worked for 133 years.

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