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  6. Gasse and Canthelou plant in Elbeuf

 Gasse and Canthelou plant in Elbeuf en Seine-Maritime

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine industriel
Usine
Seine-Maritime

Gasse and Canthelou plant in Elbeuf

    17 Rue Camille-Randoing
    76500 Elbeuf
Photo de Gasse and Canthelou plant in Elbeuf

Timeline

Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
années 1840
Factory Foundation
1854
Repurchase by Join-Lambert
1882
Expansion by Lepesqueur
1918
Construction of weaving
1967
Final closure
13 janvier 1994
Registration Historic Monument
2005
Acquisition by the municipality
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Facades and roofs of all buildings; land right-of-way of the court (cad. AN 160 ) : entry by order of 2 December 1997

Key figures

Auguste Rocheux - Founder of the factory Created the factory around 1840 on a Grandin land.
Alexandre Grandin fils - Owner of initial land Provides the *railway enclosures* for construction.
Louis-Edmond Join-Lambert - Regenerator in 1854 Modernise with steam machines and new workshops.
Samson Lepesqueur - Owner from 1882 Expands the factory with a metal workshop.
Société Gasse et Canthelou - Latest industrial owners Build weaving in sed in 1918.

Origin and history

The Gasse and Canthelou factory, located 17 rue Camille-Randoing in Elbeuf (Seine-Maritime), was founded in the 1840s by Auguste Rocheux on land owned by the manufacturer Alexandre Grandin fils. Originally specialized in wool weaving and fabric finishing, it gradually expanded into 1860, 1882 and 1918, reflecting technological changes and changes in owners, including Louis-Edmond Join-Lambert (1854) and Samson Lepesqueur (1882). The factory, which employs up to 320 workers in 1967, closes that same year after more than a century of textile activity.

The architecture of the site, registered with the Historical Monuments in 1994, combines brick workshops (2 to 4 floors) and a weaving in sheath (1918) with an apparent metal frame. The facades, restored during the renovation of houses (88 lofts and duplexes), retain their original decorations, while the sheds incorporate modern windows. The central courtyard, the heart of the industrial organization, serves an island of 6,000 m2 where the various stages of production were articulated: milling, mowing, rowing and mechanical weaving.

The rehabilitation, carried out in two phases, preserved the heritage elements such as the gate ironwork grid, the boilerhouse clock or the cast iron posts of the sheds. Historical equipment, such as the 99 mechanical trades installed in 1900 or the 640-pin machine (1930), testify to the technical evolution of the factory. Today, the site, acquired by the municipality in 2005 and transferred to a real estate company, combines industrial heritage and residential use, while welcoming commercial activities in certain parts.

The film Coup pour coup (Marin Karmitz, 1972) was partially shot there, highlighting its anchoring in Norman worker memory. The reference documents, such as Le Patrimoine des communes de Seine-Maritime (1997), and the Mérimée or Monumentum bases, complement the sources available on this major witness of the industrial revolution in Normandy.

External links

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