Rennequin Sualem
Rennequin Sualem (on a portrait by Charles Le Brun )
Rennequin Sualem (also Renkin Swalem or Renkin Sualem ; born January 29, 1645 in Jemeppe-sur-Meuse ; died July 29, 1708 ) was a Walloon carpenter and engineer.
Around 1668 he built a hydraulic machine to pump water from the Hoyoux to Modave Castle, about 60 meters higher .
At the instigation of the French King Louis XIV , he implemented Arnold de Ville's designs for the construction of Marly's machine . The pumping station supplied the water features at the Palace of Versailles with water. The king then appointed him "Premier Ingénieur du Roy".
Rennequin Sualem is buried in Bougival Church.
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- Rennequin Sualem (Retrieved August 1, 2017)
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| SURNAME | Sualem, Rennequin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swalem, Renkin; Sualem, Renkin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Walloon carpenter and engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1645 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jemeppe-sur-Meuse |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1708 |