Filature Ramond

English translation

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History

This wool mill founded by Jean Chabbert in 1841, remains in his family's hands until 1909. It is then purchased by Emile Viala, tinsmith at Lacaune. He divested himself of it in 1923, in favour of an industrialist from Roquecourbe, René Carayon, who, from 1924 onwards, leased it to Omer Léon Ramond, spinner, who bought it in 1926. It has belonged since to the Ramond family. This austere building, one storey, built in stone is rendered, its roof with long slopes is covered in slate. It bears the date 1841 on the lintel of the entrance door, and, on the façade, a zinc cartouche, with the painted inscription "Filature Ramond". The ensemble of machines is exceptional and in working order, as in the 19th century, taking raw wool to the final skein. On the ground floor, a series of machines comprising a beater, a scutcher and a set of five cards (one opener, one finisher, one lap-former, and two spinners), prepares carded threads which will be spun on the first floor on a very rare semi-automatic "mule-jenny" with 200 spindles (electric and manual). A winder transforms bobbins into bobbins, or "cheeses", the doubler assembles several threads from these cheeses which are then twisted on the twister with 100 spindles (former mule-jenny transformed); the bobbins of twisted threads finally are put into skeins on the reel. The mill is stopped in 1992. Since 1994, this small rural textile establishment is open to visiting.