House of Slate

The Maison of the Slate is a museum located in the middle of Rimogne. It was inaugurated in 1997 in the old buildings of the salte quarry the Large Pit and the powerplant distributing the current in different the fosses

Several rooms recall the history of what was the extraction of the Ardoise in Rimogne. A giant model shows to the visitor the establishment various points of extraction and various buildings relating to the salte quarries. The museum being installed partly in the old powerplant, it is possible to see these old installations. A collection of old tools and charts are also presented to the visiteur.
Another room shelters the large compressor of origin. Many postcards and enlarging come to tell what was the history of the centrale.

The point of organ of the visit of the Musée is the head-frame with its wooden carpentry and the 185 depth meters well located plumb as well as the room with the winch. A transparent pane laid out on the well makes it possible to see a part of it. It is which the stone until in the years 1930 went up, years from which violent ones éboulements.
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The daily life of the slater is not forgotten. The worship of the Sainte Beard was in the middle of the life of the slaters, of many objects like statues or hangings of procession show it. The model of a house of workman shows the reality of the social life.

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