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Industrial heritage of France

France has more than 1,000 elements of industrial heritage and major infrastructure classified as historical monuments: bridges, canals, locks, maritime heritage, mining, rail, factories, factories, factories, lime ovens...
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34 canal du Midi works en France
396 bridges classified en France
74 elements of the railway heritage, viaducts and classified stations en France
223 industrial assets classified en France
66 mineral heritage classified en France
104 classified maritime assets en France
64 lime kilns, classified plants and manufactures en France
102 canals, aqueducts, locks and gazes classified en France
Industrial heritage of France

Sélection de 8 industrial heritage sur 1063 en France

Château d'eau de Bourges
Water castle
18000 Bourges

The water castle of Bourges, built in the 19th century in the Cher, is a neoclassical monument disused in 1940, now converted into a space of contemporary art in the heart of the Place Séraucourt.
Left and Vincent-Blin porcelain factories in Vierzon
Factory
18100 Vierzon

The Gaucher and Vincent-Blin porcelain factories, located in Vierzon (Centre-Val de Loire), are a former 19th-century industrial site, known for its worldwide ovens and its rare technical heritage.
Monumental portal of the Gassot-de-La-Vienne hotel

18000 Bourges

The monumental portal of the Gassot-de-La-Vienne hotel, built in the 18th century in Bourges, is a classic architectural vestige today dismantled and preserved by the city.
17th Century Gate

18130 Dun-sur-Auron

The 17th century gate in Dun-sur-Auron is an architectural element of the first half of the 17th century, integrated into a mansion built for a family of notaries in the Centre-Val de Loire.
Former metallurgical plant

18600 Grossouvre

The former metallurgical factory of Grossouvre, built in the 19th century in the Centre-Val de Loire, illustrates neo-classical industrial architecture with its mixed iron-wood structure and its workers' houses with galleries-traffic.
Former limestone and cement plant known as Grandjean Factory

18320 Jouet-sur-l'Aubois

The former Grandjean factory, located in Jouet-sur-l'Aubois (Centre-Val de Loire), is an industrial site of the 19th and 20th centuries, preserving intact its lime and cement production equipment, a major witness of the steam age.
Metallurgical plant located at the place known as the Fourneau

18150 La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois

The metallurgical plant of the Fourneau, dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is a testimony of the industrial steel industry in Berry, located in La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois in the Centre-Val de Loire.
Viaduc des Rochers Noirs (also on Soursac municipality)
Viaduct
19550 Soursac

The viaduct des Rochers Noirs, an early 20th century railway suspension bridge in Soursac (Corrèze), crossed the gorges of Luzège. Ranked a Historic Monument, it illustrates the innovative engineering of the Gisclard system.