Wash house (Dormelles)

Wash house in Dormelles

Inside view: the device with chains is used to adjust the wooden floor to the water level

The wash house (French lavoir ) in Dormelles , a French commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region , was built in 1873.

The stone masonry washhouse is located on the Orvanne River . It has a rare device that allows the wooden floor to be raised or lowered to match the level of the water.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , p. 994.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 10.1 ″  N , 2 ° 53 ′ 57.9 ″  E