REVIT Heritage Report.pdf

Torfaen County Borough Council
REVIT: A Review of the Conservation of Industrial Heritage Assets on Brownfield Sites
APPENDIX 3:
Nantes Metropole Inventory of Sites: Ile de Nantes
La Gare de l’Etat (State Railway Station), Boulevard de la Prairie au Duc a 19th
century regional railway station. Redundant in 1994 was completely refurbished and
extended by two new wings, providing 9,000 m 2 of floorspace. Now the headquarters
of the Shipbuilding Trade Union and boat-building and repair businesses.
Les Manufacture des Tabacs in Boulevard de Stalingrad, which was constructed
in 1857 and closed in 1974. The building was refurbished in 1983 and re-modelled.
The factory became the centre of municipal functions.
Enterprise Guillouard, 15 Boulevard des Martyrs nantais des la Resistance,
constructed in 1910 to manufacture of household goods (articles de ménage).
Originally 35000m 2 , the use continues today in 10,000m 2 .
Atlantique Bretagne Combustilble (ABC), Rue de Guyane
Origin in importing coal. ABC began in 1893 became an importation coalyard.
Still survives in 2002.
BN Biscuiterie nantaise, Place Francois II, Rue de La Tour d’ Auvergne.
Founded 1896 to produce biscuits, activity ceased in 1968 and is now refurbished and
occupied by La Poste.
Societe nantaise des engrais, 1 Rue de Senegal
Production of fertilliser.
Site des differentes usines d’engrais (fertiliser): Quay Francois Mitterrand.
In 1891 the Eugene Avril and Gustave Fiteau’s started production fertiliser chemical.
The house was built as the house of Andre Avril in 1925 is in the style of the
Directoire. It closed in 1970. Some of the associated hangars have been re-used.
Les indiennes: Rue Grande Biesse, Petit Biesse and quarter du Vertais.
Indian Fabric production. Today no trace remains of this building remains.
Church of Saint Madeleine one of a number of churches in the area.
L’ile de la Prairie au Duc, in 1883 the Boulevard was created east-west road and
north-south roads as rues Alain-Barbe Torte, rue Arthur III. A third north-south road in
the east linked the shipyards and railway station.
Les Foundaries de l’ Atlantique, 13 Boulevard Vincent Gache.
The origin of the foundries date back to 1907-8 when the borthers Babin-Chevaye
took over an old tannery sites. The foundry specialised in the fabrication of valves and
fittings.
In 1918 they merged with the Nante Foundaries sites. In 1937 they became devoted
to naval production and Fabrication of propellers. In 1980s production of propellers
continued when it became the Fonderie Atlantique Industrie.
The Nantes foundries site with three former furnaces dating from 1930s and 60s
including the steel gantries and a moving crane. The industrial heritage including the
furnaces of foundries and some spans of the nave survive
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