Usine Motte-Bossut, actuellement centre des archives du monde du travail

English translation

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History

Rebuilt in 1865 by Louis Motte, after a violent fire that had devastated it, this prestigious mill architecture of the late 19th century, served as a cotton mill. Arranged as a fortress entirely in brick, studded with crenellated walls and stepped gables, terraced on several levels, it admits as if reluctantly its industrial function and aspires to be neogothic. Using English methods, the engineers delivered, inside, relentless competition to the manufacturers across the Channel, employed their procedures, their strategy and their machines. After the cessation of activity in 1981, the factory, taken over by the State, was transformed by architect Sarfati. It houses the archives of the world of work.