All materials were brought up by men, mules, and carriages pulled by cows. There were no trains. The gate used to unload the carriages has been preserved on site.
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They also show how hydroelectricity started to modify the landscape, from new dam lakes to derived streams and the growing availability of electricity for all inhabitants of the Valley and the Ariege region.
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Great piece of industrial history from the Orlu Valley (French Pyrenees) where pictures of miners & workers are displayed on site, on the foundations of the first hydroelectric central. They depict how the water pipes were brought up the mountain & assembled in the early 20th. #EnvHistory