Usine des Eaux (underground lake)

Industrial site from the end of the 19th c. with 2 filtering pools, a gallery, a 20m-high Cornwall steam pump, listed as a Historical Monument. The pools were used until 1976 to supply drinking water to the city of Lyon.

Last updated date : 15/09/2021
Visits by reservation only: for groups with the association "L'eau à Lyon et la Pompe de Cornouailles" and for individuals with the Lyon Metropolitan Tourist Office.
Usine des Eaux (underground lake) 2 avenue de Poumeyrol - 69300 Caluire-et-Cuire

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  • Visits by reservation only: for groups, with the association "L'eau à Lyon et la Pompe de Cornouailles" and for individuals with the Lyon Metropolitan Tourist Office.
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Usine des Eaux (underground lake)

2 avenue de Poumeyrol - 69300 Caluire-et-Cuire

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