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Sommière Water Machine

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Sommière Water Machine

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Location: Onhaye, Dinant, Namur, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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April 11, 2021

The Fechelenne water machine (or Sommière water machine) is a site made up of a pumping station, operated from 1897 and which supplied drinking water to the villages of Sommière and Haut-le-Wastia then of Waulsort (1922) and Bouvignes-sur-Meuse (1955). This water comes from the source of Sommière (Fechelenne). From 1965, the old machinery was abandoned in favor of the installation of electric pumps. Since 2009, a team of volunteers has been working to renovate this hydraulic heritage. This installation is made up of pumps on either side of a paddle wheel, driven by the current of the Flavion. The paddle wheel, made of steel and with a diameter of 5.30 meters, used the energy available from a waterfall created on the Flavion stream. It was thus driving two pumps which sent around 4m3 of water per hour to the Sommière plateau, two kilometers away, thus bridging a drop of more than 100 meters. In 2017, a mock-up illustrating the operation of this machine was produced.

It is on display at the municipal administration of Onhaye, rue Albert Martin 3.

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Joris

August 27, 2020

Old pumping installation that supplied the villages with drinking water.

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Karen

April 8, 2023

Nice place for a picnic

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Location: Onhaye, Dinant, Namur, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

Sommière Water Machine

1. Château de Montaigle – Maredsous Abbey loop from Maredret

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