LE HAVRE PORT CENTER
An information centre dedicated to Le Havre’s industrial-port culture, ...Read more
PACIFIC STEAM CLUB
A place for enthusiasts who maintain an authentic steam train from the ...Read more
BOHEMIAN FACTORY
France’s one and only manufacturer of sewing needles and pins, with a ...Read more
MUSEUM OF THE CORDAGE VALLOIS
This museum is a testimony to the dynamism of the cotton industry in the ...Read more
PARK OF THE FORGES OF VARENNE
Parc des Forges de Varenne, to discover the most complete and ...Read more
EDF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN FLAMANVILLE
EDF’s Flamanville nuclear power plant features a cliff-top circuit for a ...Read more
MAISY BATTERY SITE
A site housing a battery, the largest in Normandy, discovered by Gary ...Read more
EDF PENLY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Read moreVisiting a nuclear power plant may seem a little surprising. However, EDF opens its energy production sites to visitors for educational purposes. And the Penly nuclear power plant is no exception... Go behind the scenes of electricity production: attend a conference, discover how a nuclear power plant works and enter the engine room... A fascinating immersion in a world still too little known to the general public!
VEULETTES-SUR-MER WIND FARM - EDF RENOUVELABLES
Visit a remarkable wind farm to discover the production of renewable energy ...Read more
STEAM ENGINE OF THE OLD LEROY FACTORY
Read moreListed in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments, here is a fabulous steam engine, presented at the 1889 Universal Exhibition, bought in 1906 by Georges Leroy. Symbol of the industrial revolution of the 19th century in Livarot, this lovingly preserved treasure is freely presented to the public. Indeed, don't leave the town without admiring this authentic steam engine which was used to produce electricity in the Leroy factory, a former flax spinning mill, reconverted in 1901 to make cheese boxes. One of the largest local industrial and labour institutions. Local entrepreneur Georges Leroy (1860-1936) is credited with the invention of small poplar boxes, nailed and stapled, to replace simple wax paper. The Leroy factory operated until 1988. It consisted of a sawmill and workshops, including one for making cheese boxes. Two buildings have been rehabilitated: the wood chip dryer, used to make the boxes, was converted into a health centre in 2015, and the boiler room was converted into a media library in 2016. "A fourth life is beginning for this place, which has gone from being a wheat mill to a flax mill and then to a cheese box factory," local historians point out. Really, don't miss these symbolic and historical places. To do so, go to the Media Library to get the keys (in exchange for an identity card).