REVIT Heritage Report.pdf

Torfaen County Borough Council
REVIT: A Review of the Conservation of Industrial Heritage Assets on Brownfield Sites
• Slipway No. 1 for part of ACL 1914 to 1918 boats.
• Slipway No. 3 to be restored and re-used submarines.
The submarine slipways have been designated for shipbuilding and repair.
The Titan Crane
A large crane dated to 1956, used in ship yards production
Les Naves: boiler making workshops, Boulevard Leon Bureau
The 3 naves constructed in 1904 and 1920 as part of the ACL for construction of large
boilers. Some of the last remaining industrial elements on the site.
The quaysides of the area will be renewed and breakwaters around the area lowered
to improve vistas and pontoons with moorings established to revitalise the port
function.
President Wilson’s quay, on the southern bank of the island, will include the creation
of a centre for popular music in an old factory of ice.
François-Mitterrand quay to be used for residential buildings with a new school of
architecture.
François-Blancho quay has been refurbished as a public space.
Les quais des Antilles and Wilson and cranes
The Wilson quay is today used for diverse merchandise e.g metal working, sugar
refining. It has 6 cranes. Crane No. 54 dates from 1932 and is now abandoned. The
Maurice Bertin hangar, of 1930, is used as the main warehouse.
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