Éolienne Bollée
The Éolienne Bollée is an unusual wind turbine, unique for having a stator and a rotor, as a water turbine has. The eponymous invention was first patented in 1868 by Ernest Sylvain Bollée in France.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Windpump
- Description: wind turbine type
- Also known as: “Bollee wind turbine”, “Bollée wind turbine”, and “Eolienne Bollee”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Étienne d’Épuisay and Église de la Nativité-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie du Temple.
Église Saint-Étienne d’Épuisay
Church
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Étienne d’Épuisay is a church.
Église de la Nativité-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie du Temple
Church
Photo: Daniel Jolivet, CC BY 2.0.
Église de la Nativité-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie du Temple is a church, which is situated 3½ km north of Éolienne Bollée.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Temple and Baillou.
Le Temple
Village
Photo: Daniel Jolivet, CC BY 2.0.
Le Temple is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Le Temple is situated 3½ km north of Éolienne Bollée.
Baillou
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baillou is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Notable buildings are the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and the Château de Baillou whose vast property spans most of the region. Baillou is situated 10 km northwest of Éolienne Bollée.
Éolienne Bollée
- Categories: horizontal axis wind turbine, historic site, and body of water
- Location: Épuisay, Arrondissement of Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.90102° or 47° 54′ 4″ northLongitude
0.92992° or 0° 55′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8FV2WW2H+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 525407360OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=windpumpWikidata ID
Q1994272
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Éolienne Bollée” goes by many names.
- French: “Éolienne Bollée”
- German: “Bollée-Windrad”
- German: “Éolienne Bollée”
- Russian: “Ветряк Болле”
- Turkish: “Éolienne Bollée”
- Ukrainian: “Вітряк Болле”
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