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1887 Inauguration of the Grand Fountain of La Chaux-de-Fonds

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1887 Inauguration of the Grand Fountain of La Chaux-de-Fonds
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Obverse: Grand Fountain, INAUGURATION DES EAUX DE LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS / 27 NOV. 1887. Signed: SUCC. E. DURUSSEL. Base of fountain inscribed: E. SCHALTENBRAND ARCHITECTE. Reverse: ENTREPRISE CONCUE PAR / GUILLAUME RITTER INGENIEUR / VOTEE PAR LE CONSEIL GENERAL DE LA / MUNICIPALITE LE 16 JUILLET 1885 ET / PAR LE PEUPLE LES 15 ET 16 AOUT 1885 / EXECUTEE PAR LES INGENIEURS HANS MATHYS / OTTO OSSENT ET LOUIS PETITMERMET / PRISE D'EAU A 628 METRES / PRESSION EL EVATOIRE 50 ATMOSPHERES / PARCOURS 18389 M. Bronze, 46mm, Unc. zSwitzerland 1887 HWAC# 33710