Stopping of Saint-Fraimbault-of-Prayers

The place

The place was a place of fishing before the construction of the stopping. There were a Moulin (the mill of Saint-Georges-with-the Isle), and a farm located at the limit between Saint-Fraimbault and the Hedge-Traversaine. Seven hectares of the field of the Religious community of Saint-Georges-in-The Isle were also drowned. The Violence that the current can have at this place was underlined through time. The Instituteur in 1900 in its communal Monographie writes in connection with the Crues of 1880 that l'" water was so high that it failed to tear off the bridge ". In the same way in 1974, the rise of water was " severe, if one refers to the mark traced on the medical public ones with the locality the Beach ". Another historical memory remains attached to the place at the time of the German rout in 1944, where during their withdrawal, the German blew up the bridge (vis-a-vis the cave of Saint-Fraimbault) to slow down the projection of the allied troops, by leaving one their companies, based with the camp Marette with Oisseau. When the troop desired to borrow the bridge, it was furious and suspected the inhabitants of the village of being the author of its destruction and wanted to take hostages. A refugee Alsacienne succeeds with parlementer explaining that in fact German were only responsible for the damage. The German , to cross the river, had to borrow old the Gué.

History of the stopping

The construction of the stopping was decided in 1972 by the General advice of Mayenne. The objective was to support the low flow of Mayenne at certain periods of the year, in order to satisfy the requirements out of drinking water. Work is completed by the company of BTP Brochard and Gaudichet, and starts in 1975. They will last 3 years and will be endeuillés by the death of 3 workmen. (In winter, whereas the risings carried packages of wood, two men which try to recover them are carried by the floods).

Figures

A small factory Hydroélectrique of the stopping makes it possible EDF to produce 4,5 million kWh. The total volume of the water reserve is of 4,3 million m3 in the beginning, for a water level 630 6,5 km length m broad and to the maximum. The stopping measures more than 200 m length for maximum a 15 m height.

Drain

An operation of Draining, aims at the beginning at checking the state of the stopping. It was classified like interesting public safety by a Order of the prefect of the March 29th 2002. The stopping will have to be completely emerged every 10 years to check the solidity of its structure. A draining is carried out in September /octobre 2005. A phenomenon of accumulation of Vase limit capacity of Storage of the stopping. It must be studied in 2006.

See too

Holy Fraimbault, hermit who gave his name to the commune

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