Nothing spectacular just a random roadside find mostly empty but some decent decay.
History - We don't have much as it's hard to track down. From what we can gather this site is a glass moulds manufacturer, a section is still active and houses a modern factory but the bit we explored is a 1950's factory section and a 1970's section that have both been left to ruin.
The Bresle valley has played an important role in the development of glasswork, which appeared in Normandy as early as the Roman Empire. This tradition, still very strong, really started to develop during the 14th century in the forest of Eu: wood was used to stoke the ovens, fern ash and sand allowed to make pate de verre…
The number of glass factories increased in the 19th century with the development of coal and the creation of railway lines. Today, this trade employs about 7,000 workers. Some 60 companies are located in the valley where about 75% of the world production of luxury glass bottles are made.
The explore - As we said above this was a random find as we were driving around on a family holiday, we've tried to track down the purpose of the site as best we could. It's basically a couple of empty factories with some decent decay. There's a raft of 1970's paperwork as well but not much else although bits are quite photogenic.
Thanks for looking.
History - We don't have much as it's hard to track down. From what we can gather this site is a glass moulds manufacturer, a section is still active and houses a modern factory but the bit we explored is a 1950's factory section and a 1970's section that have both been left to ruin.
The Bresle valley has played an important role in the development of glasswork, which appeared in Normandy as early as the Roman Empire. This tradition, still very strong, really started to develop during the 14th century in the forest of Eu: wood was used to stoke the ovens, fern ash and sand allowed to make pate de verre…
The number of glass factories increased in the 19th century with the development of coal and the creation of railway lines. Today, this trade employs about 7,000 workers. Some 60 companies are located in the valley where about 75% of the world production of luxury glass bottles are made.
The explore - As we said above this was a random find as we were driving around on a family holiday, we've tried to track down the purpose of the site as best we could. It's basically a couple of empty factories with some decent decay. There's a raft of 1970's paperwork as well but not much else although bits are quite photogenic.
Thanks for looking.
