Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Eolienne Bollée
Berchères-les-Pierres, Eure-et-Loir, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eolienne ainsi que la pompe et son abri, le lavoir et son bassin (cad. B 1931, 1936) : inscription par arrêté du 10 mai 1993
- Protection dates
- 1993/05/10 : inscrit MH
- Type
- éolienne
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1896
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Berchères-les-Pierres
- Département
- Eure-et-Loir
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.38705, 1.55456
- Mérimée reference
- PA00125349
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1821 map "Etat-Major Paris 1:10,000 (c. 1821)" (IGN France — Géoportail).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'éolienne de Berchères-les-Pierres est identique à celle de Nogent-le-Phaye. Elle a été mise au point en 1885 par Auguste Bollée. Conforme au brevet de 1885, elle a été élevée à la suite d'une sécheresse en 1896. Elle est associée à un lavoir et bénéficie d'un site de qualité.
English translation
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History
The windmill of Berchères-les-Pierres is identical to that of Nogent-le-Phaye. It was perfected in 1885 by Auguste Bollée. Conforming to the 1885 patent, it was erected following a drought in 1896. It is associated with a wash-house and benefits from a quality site.
Nearby in the register
- Polissoir dit Pinte de Saint-Martinpolissoir3 mi
- Châteauchâteau3 mi
- Dolmen dit La Pierre qui Tournedolmen3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.