Source Wellington

At the beginning of the 20th century , the châtelain of Warfaaz, the commander of the castle, Georges d'Artet de Neufmoustier (1861-1940), discovered near the Marie-Henriette source in a marshy meadow , which was located near his villa , an abundant iron and carbonated source. This is what the man tells Achille Poskin (1856-1923) who was a specialist in hydrology and medical adviser on the water of Spa.

In October 1906, July 1907 and November 1908 , Artet buys the relevant area (marsh meadow) which had an area of 9,500 m² with the aim of developing it together with Poskin.

At the end of 1908, Poskin managed to capture the source. The spring was named Wellington Spring in memory and reference to the stay in Spa in 1818 of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington , with the aim of attracting English customers.

In 1930, the Marie-Henriette well, with a daily outflow of 375 m³, could no longer meet the needs of the thermal baths of Spa and the 65 m³ of the Wellington source was added. The spring water from both sources has since been transported together to the baths via a pipeline . Due to a growing need for spring water, that volume also turned out to be too limited a few years later and the spring water of Tonneletbron was also added. Because the three sources come from the same aquifer , the sources have the same quality of spring water.

The source house is an octagonal building of which only part of the lower half remains. The upper half consisted of a platform with eight columns at the corners topped by a pyramidal roof. There is a plaque on the side of the property inscribed with Source Wellington . In 2016, the source house is a ruin where parts of the wall have collapsed.

willem vandenameele