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- HISTORY -
The old chaussée de Bonne was the site of a flour mill on the right bank, documented in 1536. After 1537, it was fitted with a sailor's gate. Work to improve navigation on the Mayenne in the 19th century led to its demolition. It was replaced by a lock dam, built a few metres downstream to the plans of the Ponts et Chaussées engineer Du Jardin. The work, supervised by another ordinary engineer, Lahougue, was carried out by Joinville-le-Pont contractors Gabriel Robineau and Edme...
The old chaussée de Bonne was the site of a flour mill on the right bank, documented in 1536. After 1537, it was fitted with a sailor's gate. Work to improve navigation on the Mayenne in the 19th century led to its demolition. It was replaced by a lock dam, built a few metres downstream to the plans of the Ponts et Chaussées engineer Du Jardin. The work, supervised by another ordinary engineer, Lahougue, was carried out by Joinville-le-Pont contractors Gabriel Robineau and Edme...
