Talk:Machine de Marly

Latest comment: 3 years ago by 842U in topic Legacy

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There doesn't seem to be any coverage in the article on the Machine's larger engineering context, i.e. what the ultimate impact was of the Machine -- how did it affect civil engineering and hydraulic innovation, etc? It's fairly clear that the Machine was a provisional attempt at developing pumps and pump stations, which for most of us where quickly refined with the advent of electricity. To wit: while the French were laboring over getting the Machine to work, outside Naples, Italy, the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies built a Royal Palace outside the infested, dense confines of the city -- for many of the same reasons Versailles was built. But the best the Italians came up with was a contemporary rendition of an arched stone aquaduct... impressive, but it didn't open any engineering doors. So what was the impact of the Machine? 842U (talk) 10:19, 17 January 2021 (UTC)Reply