Réservoir de Lampy. (Canal du Midi.) Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View along the retaining wall of the reservoir at Lampy, built 1776-82, for the summer replenishment of the canal linking the Canal du midi with Narbonne.
View of the Château d'eau, known as the Palais Longchamps, built around a formal water garden and situated at the head of the canal bringing the water of the Durance to Marseilles. Constructed between 1863 and 1870, the building contains an art gallery and a museum of natural history.