Landmark
Pont de la Machine
Iron footbridge over a hydraulic pumping station that sparked a dispute between two cantons.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Pont de la Machine in Geneva traces the hydraulic pump that once stood here, first built by engineer Joseph Abeille in seventeen oh nine and rebuilt in eighteen forty-one by Jean-Marie Cordier. You'll hear how the new machine's dam changed water levels on Lake Geneva and drew the neighboring canton of Vaud into a long-running dispute. Listen from the bridge itself, with the Rhone running beneath you.
This audio guide was created using AI.