Name of Object:

The Beirut water factory

Location:

Beirut, Lebanon

Holding Institution:

Ministry of Water and Energy

 About The Lebanese University, Beirut

Date of Object:

1896

Description:

Located in the suburb of Dbayeh, this factory provided the daily water supply for all of Beirut. The company was founded in 1873 and the factory was first opened in 1896. The water was taken from the Nahr al-Kalb river and distributed across a large water network.

Citation of this web page:

Jeff El-Msanne, Rita El Hachem "The Beirut water factory" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;lb;8;en

Prepared by: Jeff El-Msanne, Rita El Hachem
Copyedited by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: LB 015