El pozo artesiano de Vitoria

Abstract

Among the years 1877 and 1881 was drilled a percussion well of 1021 m of depth in the Plaza de la Vi rgen Blanca near the sculpture that commemorates the Battle of Vi t o r i a. Though dry, the reached depth has been world record until recent dates. In addition to the administrative precedents and the vicissitudes that accompanied to the drilling, are explained the geological causes of the failure