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The Roche lock and mill
A causeway has existed here at La Roche-du-Maine since at least the 14th century. It operated two mills on either bank of the Mayenne. After 1537, the causeway was fitted with a sailgate and was replaced by a lock dam when the river was canalised in 1882.
The new dam did not require the demolition of the mills, which had already been rebuilt in 1842 on the right bank and in 1850 on the left bank in Fromentières.
The lock-keeper's house was built on the model of all...
A causeway has existed here at La Roche-du-Maine since at least the 14th century. It operated two mills on either bank of the Mayenne. After 1537, the causeway was fitted with a sailgate and was replaced by a lock dam when the river was canalised in 1882.
The new dam did not require the demolition of the mills, which had already been rebuilt in 1842 on the right bank and in 1850 on the left bank in Fromentières.
The lock-keeper's house was built on the model of all...
