ANCIENNE CENTRALE ÉLECTRIQUE DITE "USINE ÉLÉVATOIRE"
The power station was built between 1910 and 1912 to supply the Orléans canal. The coal-fired power station supplied electricity to the eleven pumping stations built near the locks on the banks of the Loire.
The power station was built between 1910 and 1912 to supply power to the Orléans Canal. The coal-fired power station supplied electric power to the eleven pumping stations built near the locks on the banks of the Loire. The water was pumped into the Loire through the Combleux pumping station. The plant was closed in 1922. The building is used as a restaurant. The coated facades of the brick building support a slate-covered, long-sloped roof topped by two skylights set on a Polonceau-style framework. The high brick chimney has been razed to the ground for around four metres. Four small, modified residential buildings have been preserved at the corners of the main building.
