Chaillot steam engine

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A steam engine from Boulton & Watt, built by the Perrier brothers in 1781 in the Chaillot pumping station.

These original Perrier steam engines were replaced in 1857 by a newer model. The steam engine ceased operating completely in 1900.

Traveljournal 1814

An outing to Chaillot, 16 August 1814

wikipedia-(fr)

Cite as: Chaillot steam engine. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8520, viewed on 13 June 2026.

[[title]] — The steam engine in Chaillot (illustration in a publication by Louis Figuier, 1873)