Paris Sewer Museum

The Paris Sewer Museum (French: Musée des Égouts de Paris), is a museum located in the sewers at the esplanade Habib-Bourguiba, near the pont de l'Alma, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is closed for renovation and to allow its accessibily to the disabled from July 2, 2018 until end-2020.

Paris Sewer Museum
Musée des Égouts de Paris
Inside the Paris Sewer Museum
LocationPont de l'Alma, 7th arrondissement, Paris, France
Coordinates48.862642°N 2.302235°E / 48.862642; 2.302235
TypeHistory museum
Websitehttp://www.paris.fr/english


History and description
Sewer worker mannequin in the museum tunnel

Organized tours of the sewers were first offered in 1889. Tours were available twice monthly, and visitors were transported through the sewers on boats and wagons.[1]

The museum details the history of the sewers from their initial development by Hugues Aubriot, provost of Paris in the late 14th century, to their modern structure, which was designed in the 19th century by the engineer Eugène Belgrand.[2] The museum also details the role of sewer workers and methods of water treatment.

  • Entrance.
  • Bust of Eugène Belgrand.
  • Alma measurements station.
  • Spillway of Orgae Alma.
  • Spillway doors.
  • Bi-bowl wagon.
  • Dredging bowls.
  • Valve wagon.
  • Mitrailleuse KP.
  • Boots display.

Location

The museum is accessible by metro on line 9 at Alma-Marceau station, by RER train line C at Pont de l'Alma station, and by bus lines 63 and 80 at the Alma-Marceau stop.

See also

References
  1. Les deux Paris, les représentations de Paris dans la seconde moitié du XIXème siècle, Jean-Pierre Arthur Bernard, Éd. Champ Vallon, p. 240, site books.google.fr
  2. "The Paris sewer system". Paris city home page.
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