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L'Atelier de l'Eau

Interpretation Centre in Cognin

  • 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.

  • 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...
    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.
  • Environment
    • Town location
    • Close to a public transportation
  • Legal informations
    SIRET number : 217 300 870 00011
  • Spoken languages
    • French
    • Tourisme et handicap
  • Tourism and handicap
Services
  • Accessibility
    • Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
    • Incline >5% but reasonable
    • Mental disability
  • Activities
    • Discovery
    • Creative hobbies
    • Water
  • Equipment
    • Toilets
  • Services
    • Pets welcome
Rates
Payment methods
  • Check
  • Cash
  • From February 2, 2022 to December 3, 2022
  • Adult
    3.90 €
  • Child
    2.50 €
  • Group adults
    3.10 €
  • Group children
    1.90 €
Openings
Openings
  • Each saturday from February 14, 2022 until November 14, 2022
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