Olten fountains #46 Jackob's fountain
Posted by: 
the-stooss
N 47° 20.939 E 007° 54.791
32T E 417913 N 5244518
In Switzerland are all fountain filled with drinking water. should not it be, it must be clearly declared "No drink water"!
Waymark Code: WMMMMB
Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
Date Posted: 10/10/2014
Views: 11
Jacob's well was originally built on the north side of Aarauerstrasse
the former restaurant "harmony" today "Tai-Pan". Because of the water
the lying west of Olten Jura sources had too little pressure, had the
Well some levels are set lower than the road. When, after the recording of groundwater extraction in Gheid 1939 Säliwald a reservoir in
Operation could be taken, Jacob's well to its present was
Location offset. Today for on the south side of the street, at the corner
Wilerweg standing new wells in 1952 became a sculptor Willi Schibler; he
shows the seated Jacob from the Old Testament, one of his sheep
saturated.
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