Machine de Marly (historical water supply system)

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historical water supply system hydraulic engineering work pumping station

The Machine de Marly was a monumental 17th-century hydraulic engineering work on the Seine that used an elaborate system of pumps and waterwheels to lift water to the aqueducts supplying Versailles and Marly-le-Roi.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Machine de Marly	3
Machine de Marly remains	2
Machine de Marly (historical water supply system) canonical	1
Versailles hydraulic system	1
Versailles water supply system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3140837 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Machine de Marly (historical water supply system)
Context triple: [Gardens of the Palace of Versailles, irrigationSystem, Machine de Marly (historical water supply system)]

A. Château d’Eau
Château d’Eau is a Paris Métro station in the 10th arrondissement, located near Gare de l’Est and serving the bustling Boulevard de Strasbourg area.
B. Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a picturesque village in southeastern France renowned for its powerful karst spring, one of the largest in the world, and its association with the poet Petrarch.
C. Fontaine des Éléphants
Fontaine des Éléphants is a monumental 19th-century fountain in Chambéry, France, featuring four large sculpted elephants and serving as the city’s most iconic symbol.
D. Pont del Diable aqueduct
The Pont del Diable aqueduct is an ancient Roman bridge-aqueduct near Tarragona, Spain, renowned for its well-preserved arches and role in supplying water to the historic city.
E. Château de Marly
Château de Marly was a lavish 17th-century royal retreat near Versailles, built for Louis XIV as an intimate pleasure residence distinct from the main court.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Machine de Marly (historical water supply system)
Target entity description: The Machine de Marly was a monumental 17th-century hydraulic engineering work on the Seine that used an elaborate system of pumps and waterwheels to lift water to the aqueducts supplying Versailles and Marly-le-Roi.

A. Château d’Eau
Château d’Eau is a Paris Métro station in the 10th arrondissement, located near Gare de l’Est and serving the bustling Boulevard de Strasbourg area.
B. Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a picturesque village in southeastern France renowned for its powerful karst spring, one of the largest in the world, and its association with the poet Petrarch.
C. Fontaine des Éléphants
Fontaine des Éléphants is a monumental 19th-century fountain in Chambéry, France, featuring four large sculpted elephants and serving as the city’s most iconic symbol.
D. Pont del Diable aqueduct
The Pont del Diable aqueduct is an ancient Roman bridge-aqueduct near Tarragona, Spain, renowned for its well-preserved arches and role in supplying water to the historic city.
E. Château de Marly
Château de Marly was a lavish 17th-century royal retreat near Versailles, built for Louis XIV as an intimate pleasure residence distinct from the main court.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical water supply system ⓘ hydraulic engineering work ⓘ pumping station ⓘ
associatedWith	Château de Marly ⓘ Palace of Versailles ⓘ linked to: Château de Versailles
commissionedBy	Louis XIV ⓘ linked to: Louis XIV of France
completionDate	1684 ⓘ
connectedTo	Louveciennes aqueduct ⓘ linked to: Aqueduc de Louveciennes Marly aqueduct ⓘ linked to: Buc aqueduct
constructionMaterial	iron ⓘ stone ⓘ wood ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
demolitionDate	early 19th century ⓘ
designedBy	Arnold de Ville ⓘ
engineeredBy	René de Cagny ⓘ René de Cotte ⓘ
heritage	important example of early modern hydraulic engineering ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Ancien Régime ⓘ
influenced	later large-scale pumping stations in Europe ⓘ
locatedIn	Bougival ⓘ Seine River ⓘ linked to: River Seine Yvelines ⓘ Île-de-France ⓘ linked to: Île-de-France region
locatedNear	Marly-le-Roi ⓘ Versailles ⓘ
maximumLiftHeight	about 160 meters ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the largest hydraulic systems of the 17th century ⓘ its complexity of gears and transmission rods ⓘ supplying water to the grand fountains of Versailles ⓘ
numberOfPumps	over 200 ⓘ
numberOfWaterwheels	14 ⓘ
operationalFrom	1684 ⓘ
operationalUntil	19th century ⓘ
patron	Louis XIV ⓘ linked to: Louis XIV of France
purpose	to lift water from the Seine River ⓘ to supply water to the fountains of Versailles ⓘ to supply water to the gardens of Marly-le-Roi ⓘ
replacedBy	more modern pumping installations ⓘ
riverBank	left bank of the Seine ⓘ
startConstruction	1681 ⓘ
status	demolished ⓘ
usedTechnology	metal transmission mechanisms ⓘ pumps ⓘ waterwheels ⓘ wooden transmission mechanisms ⓘ
waterDestination	Marly-le-Roi ⓘ Versailles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gardens of the Palace of Versailles → irrigationSystem → Machine de Marly (historical water supply system) ⓘ

Bougival → hasLandmark → Machine de Marly remains ⓘ