{"id":62703,"date":"2021-09-22T08:13:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T06:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=62703"},"modified":"2022-09-23T20:56:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T18:56:12","slug":"leon-le-dernier-bec-de-gaz-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/leon-le-dernier-bec-de-gaz-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e9on, le dernier bec de gaz de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Si le <strong>sentier du tir<\/strong>, petite rue pav\u00e9e du nord de Malakoff, avait une seule particularit\u00e9, celle-ci serait de nous transporter dans une petite ville de campagne du XIXe si\u00e8cle. Cette jolie voie pi\u00e9tonne entour\u00e9e de b\u00e9ton, dont l&rsquo;origine remonte \u00e0 1860, constitue en effet une<strong>\u00a0parenth\u00e8se dans la vie toujours plus urbaine de la banlieue parisienne<\/strong>. Est-ce d\u00fb \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sence d&rsquo;une demeure bourgeoise de la fin du si\u00e8cle industriel, d&rsquo;une maison \u00e0 lambrequins et d&rsquo;un joli parc paysager ? Ou alors, est-ce parce qu&rsquo;elle est \u00e9troite, pav\u00e9e, arbor\u00e9e et pi\u00e9tonne ? Il s&rsquo;agit sans doute de tout cela \u00e0 la fois, mais c&rsquo;est surtout gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 son personnage le plus embl\u00e9matique : L\u00e9on.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">L\u00e9on, le dernier bec de gaz de France<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>L\u00e9on est le dernier r\u00e9verb\u00e8re au gaz de France.<\/strong> Ou du moins, le dernier bec de gaz authentique de France, depuis que son acolyte de l&rsquo;impasse Ponscarme, \u00e9galement \u00e0 Malakoff, est pass\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 en 2000. Situ\u00e9 tout au bout de l&rsquo;impasse, il est pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 de deux autres r\u00e9verb\u00e8res, \u00e9lectriques eux, et tient bon gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l&rsquo;association \u00ab\u00a0Les Amis de L\u00e9on\u00a0\u00bb qui se charge de son entretien et <strong>veille \u00e0 ce qu&rsquo;il continue de br\u00fbler nuit et jour<\/strong>. Pour le principe bien s\u00fbr, mais aussi afin de pr\u00e9server son fragile m\u00e9canisme centenaire.<\/p>\n<p>En France,\u00a0les\u00a0premiers pas de<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/pourquoi-paris-sappelle-la-ville-lumiere-surnom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> l\u2019\u00e9clairage \u00e9lectrique ont eu lieu en 1878 <\/a>et cette nouvelle technologie, plus efficace et moins contraignante que le gaz \u00e0 incandescence, s&rsquo;est rapidement d\u00e9ploy\u00e9e\u00a0dans les villes et villages de France tout au long du XXe si\u00e8cle. Seul L\u00e9on est parvenu \u00e0 resister \u00e0 l&rsquo;envahisseur et se place d\u00e9sormais en t\u00e9moin d&rsquo;une \u00e9poque consomm\u00e9e, ainsi qu&rsquo;en t\u00e9moignent les noms des trois savants inscrits sur sa lanterne. Ces derniers ont largement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la naissance et au d\u00e9veloppement de l&rsquo;\u00e9clairage de ville au gaz\u00a0: <strong>Philippe Lebon et William Murdoch<\/strong> qui se partagent la paternit\u00e9 du gaz d&rsquo;\u00e9clairage et <strong>Carl Auer Von Welsbach<\/strong>, l&rsquo;inventeur du bec \u00e0 gaz Auer, dont L\u00e9on est l&rsquo;ultime\u00a0d\u00e9positaire fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00c0 lire \u00e9galement :<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/sortir-paris\/lieux-insolites\/plus-beaux-reverberes-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Les plus beaux r\u00e9verb\u00e8res de Paris<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Leon-Malakoff-Paris-ZigZag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-62706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Leon-Malakoff-Paris-ZigZag.jpg\" alt=\"Le dernier r\u00e9verb\u00e8re \u00e0 Gaz \u00e0 Paris\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Informations pratiques :<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSentier du Tir, 92240 Malakoff<br \/>\nM\u00e9tro :\u00a0Malakoff &#8211; Plateau de Vanves (ligne 13)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u00e9on est le dernier t\u00e9moin fran\u00e7ais d&rsquo;une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 l&rsquo;\u00e9clairage public se faisait au gaz. Et il est chaudement prot\u00e9g\u00e9 par ses voisins !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":62706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"L\u00e9on, le dernier bec de gaz de France","_seopress_titles_desc":"L\u00e9on est le dernier t\u00e9moin fran\u00e7ais d&#039;une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 l&#039;\u00e9clairage public se faisait au gaz. 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