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Château d'eau du Lioran

Laveissière, Cantal, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château d'eau du Lioran (cad. AB 98) : inscription par arrêté du 7 octobre 1991
Protection dates
1991/10/07 : inscrit MH
Type
château d'eau
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle, 1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1898, 1903
Ownership
propriété d'un établissement public
Commune
Laveissière
Département
Cantal
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.09031, 2.75148
Mérimée reference
PA00093739

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1838 map "Lyon" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Réservoir de la gare réalisé entre 1898 et 1903 selon un modèle type reproduit à plusieurs exemplaires sur la ligne Figeac-Arvant. Après l'abandon de la vapeur, ces réservoirs furent désaffectés. Cet ouvrage se compose d'une tour cylindrique dont la base maçonnée est revêtue d'un appareil en opus incertum, percé de baies néo-romanes. La superstructure en surplomb est garnie d'un bardage de planches de bois protégeant des intempéries la cuve métallique à fond sphérique contenant 100m3 d'eau. L'alimentation s'effectue par tuyauterie. L'accès au réservoir est possible par échelle de l'intérieur comme de l'extérieur. Ce château d'eau est le dernier de la ligne subsistant intact.

English translation

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Station water tower built between 1898 and 1903 according to a standard model reproduced in several copies on the Figeac-Arvant line. After the abandonment of steam, these reservoirs were decommissioned. This structure consists of a cylindrical tower whose masoned base is faced with opus incertum, pierced with Neo-Romanesque openings. The projecting superstructure is furnished with wooden plank cladding protecting from the weather the metal tank with spherical base containing 100 cubic metres of water. The water supply is by piping. Access to the reservoir is possible by ladder from inside as well as outside. This water tower is the last on the line subsisting intact.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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