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 .
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  • Windpump
  • …is also known as “Bollée wind turbine”
  • Description: wind turbine type

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is a commune of the department in central .
3½ km north of Éolienne Bollée
is a commune in the department in central .
10 km northwest of Éolienne Bollée
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Latitude
47.90102° or 47° 54′ 4″ north
Longitude
0.92992° or 0° 55′ 48″ east
Open location code
8FV2WW2H+CX
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic = yes
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man_made = windpump
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In Other Languages

From French to Ukrainian—“Éolienne Bollée” goes by many names.
Ветряк БоллеRussian
Éolienne BolléeTurkish
Вітряк БоллеUkrainian

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