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View of the great lock and the Pavillon de Manse in Chantilly, 1700-1799. 'Vue d'Optique nouvelle, représantant la grande Ecluse et le Pavillon de Manse, dans le Comte du meme non [sic]'. (New optical view, representing the Grande Ecluse (great lock) and the Pavillon de Manse, in the County of the same name). The Pavillon de Manse was built in 1678 to house the Great Waters Machine and the hydraulic machines of the Duke of Aumale. It is named after the hydraulic engineer Jacques de Manse, and was used to raise spring water from a well to a reservoir to distribute it to the fountains, waterfalls and water jets that adorned the princely garden.