Cognin has know a rich industrial past, organised around the "Canal des Usines" drifted from the "Hyères". This canal, today preserved and promoted is still the witness of a thriving activity, base on the utilisation of water as motive force. To give all its sense to this canal save, the town has rehabilitated the "filiature Thomas", who preserve a bucket wheel in "Water Workshop".
Outside, a "water fountain" reproduce in miniature the "Canal des Usines" which was going through the village.
A the ground floor of the building, a mill reconstituted will show you all the secrets of oil making.
At the first floor of the building : 4 rooms of discovers and experimentations on different thematic :
- Story of the canal of the factories of the filature Thomas
- Water and its use as motive force.
- Water in the world of Renewable energies.
- Interpretation Centre
L'Atelier de l'Eau
Explore the "factory canal" and the wonderful ingenuity people have used to transform water into a source of energy. Then plunge into the heart of the water cycle and its different uses. Visit an old vegetable oil mill. Video projection room.
About
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Prices
Adult: 3.90 €
Child: 2.50 €
Group adults: 3.10 €
Group children: 1.90 €.
Group rate available for > 10 people.
Methods of payment accepted : Check, Cash
Reception
Opening
From 14/02 to 03/12/2022, every Saturday.
Closed exceptionally on 16/04, Easter Monday, Feast of the Ascension, Whit Monday, May 1st, May 8th, July 14th, August 15th, November 1st and November 11th.
Services
- Pets welcome
- Toilets
Contacts
Access
- Mental disability
- Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
- Incline >5% but reasonable
