Yesterday was our anniversary -- 38 years! My back was really hurting on Friday and I spent most of yesterday lying in bed. Luckily for me I have a laptop and and a lapdesk and I was not at all uncomfortable doing stuff on the computer. I've discovered "Radio Sure" (http://www.radiosure.com/) on the internet and am able to listen to US radio stations, like WHYY in Philly. I've also found a station of broadway musical comedy music. There are also French stations. I haven't done it yet, but you can record from the radio tool, too.
There was a good French TV show many years ago that analysed the news from different sources: Arrêt sur Images (http://www.arretsurimages.net/). It got booted off the air and became a subscription Internet production. I'm a subscriber and caught up on a couple of episodes of that. I have written about it before. I still think it's a good show.
Lastly, I finished my Christmas shopping, I think. On Friday, before my back went out on me again, I went into Paris (RER to get in, but all trains cancelled after that because of the strike, so I came home via metro and bus) to get some chocolate at one of those shops I discovered back in October: Michel Cluizel (http://www.cluizel.com/). Since then, I finished up on the computer.
I finished up an end-of-year letter to send with cards. I'll have to get up to take the computer to the printer and print them up. And I'm ready to start wrapping the gifts we've already got in stock.
Also via the computer, Paul and I have planned our vacation in February. Originally, the plan was to try to join the Lebelles living in China on their winter break in Cambodia, but it looks like they will be going to Australia, instead. Based on our pleasant experience with them for the trips to China and Australia, we got in touch with Voyageurs du Monde (http://www.vdm.com/voyage-sur-mesure/) to see about a trip around their dates and got a very nice proposal, but a bit expensive. Since we no longer needed to plan around their dates, we asked if there was a less expensive group option, but they had no groups at that time. So, we found another agency, Ariane Tours (http://www.ariane-tours.com/) and they have two tours that correspond closely to what vdm had proposed. Their tours also correspond well with the dates we want. Ariane Tours' groups are limited to 16 maximum, and that's acceptable. We are combining a Cambodian and a Vietnam tour for a full month from Feb 7.
This evening we are all going over to Louis and Gwen's for dinner. I always enjoy that. They've got their tree up and I'm sure it'll be a festive evening. I can vaguely see snow falling again, so I hope we can go. Paris and the suburbs get completely stuck with the smallest amounts of snow. Since the RER strike is still on, we'll need to be able to get the car out...
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Walking, walking, and more walking
This was a week of walking!
After walking to and from the painting class at Francine's. That wasn't too strenuous. On Tuesday I really forget what I did except for an appointment in Nogent near the big market in the middle of the afternoon. It really started on Wednesday.
Mary Lynne took us Ile de France Walkers on a wonderful hike along the Bièvre from St. Quentin en Yvelines to Jouy en Josas. It's always such a pleasure to meet up with old friends now and to meet newer arrivals. For once, I didn't feel like I was lagging behind, either, so that was nice. It seemed to me we were all walking at about the same pace. There were almost 30 of us for this walk, which is perhaps a bit too many, but we managed.
Alexander (now almost 9 months old) came along with his mother again. He's now moved to a fantastic back pack I took pictures of to remember what brand it is in case we want to get one as a gift. When I think of the elementary front pack, and then the backpack, we had, I think the design improvements are extraordinary. The only drawback is, for the front packs, more complicated attachments, and for the back pack, added weight.
The Bièvre is a short tributary of the Seine. It runs into the Seine in Paris, not far from Notre Dame. The water, back in Louis XIV's day, was so pure it was used for rinsing fabric and thread dyes. The famous "toile de Jouy" was produced in Jouy en Josas and rinsed in the river's water and the Gobelins tapestrys were set up (still there) in Paris, on Ave. des Gobelins, Paris 13. They rinsed the dyed wool in the river. Apparently, there were also tanneries along the river and that would certainly have polluted the river for the dyers and in conjunction with dyers, the river became too polluted and was covered for most of its distance until recently. Interesting for those who are familiar with Paris, the printer who set up his fabric printing business in Jouy was Oberkampf, so that's where that metro stop got its name. He chose Jouy not only because the water was excellent for the process, but he also had enough land to dry the cloth, and he wasn't far from the court at Versailles to boot.
The walk is not always along the river, but close enough. There are several ponds and we had our lunch in a clearing at a pond. At Buc we also crossed under the aqueduct that was built in the 1680s to carry water from the Saclay plateau to the artificial canals at Versailles. It was still functioning in the 1950s and is still in good condition even if it is no longer used.
About half of the group decided to visit the museum at Jouy en Josas. It's interesting, although I'm not sure I'd go there on purpose just to see the museum. The museum is in the old Oberkampf home; all the other fabric works buildings are gone. I think what struck me is the variety of Jouy designs and colors. I'm so used to seeing the same design in red or black, I thought that was all they did. There are good illustrated explanations of how the fabric was printed, the chemical process and all that. The arrows led us upstairs, but when I tried to open what I thought was the door to the rest of the exhibit, it wouldn't open, so I just assumed it was closed and went back downstairs. I was not alone in doing this and, from what I heard afterwards, we missed about four rooms of samples and upholstered furniture.
We finished with a short walk to the train station, but no trains were operating, so we had to get on a bus. I ended up getting on a bus that went to the Velizy-Chavilles station, but the others took a bus to Versailles Chantier or Massy Paliseau. I should have gone with them. My bus took us meandering around Jouy for a while before heading on to Vélizy-Chavilles. It was a pretty ride, though.
On Thursday, I walked to and from Francine's again and then headed straight back to the RER station to go to Paris to meet up with a group of AAWE friends for a walking tour of the 1st arrondissement -- a chocolate tour. Iris is a young guide, a real professional guide, whom I highly recommend. She started us off at the Louvre, where Marie-Thérèse, Louis XIV's queen established chocolate as the drink of choice. We then went to where the first chocolat maker set up with a royal patent. We stopped at the boulangerie patisserie that supplies the Elysée Palace. There, we had a sample of an "Opéra", a coffee and chocolate pastry that is sold in almost every patisserie in France. This one was especially good as the balance between the chocolate and coffee was perfect. Of course, we only tasted the very finest quality of chocolate on this tour, all made with 100% cocoa butter and no other kind of oil. (Leslie Charbonnel has kindly allowed me to share her pictures with you -- I forgot to take my camera!)
We then made our way through the Palais Royal gardens (where Anne d'Autriche once lived with the royal princes, Louis XIV and his brother) and went on to three different chocolate makers where we tasted different samples. It was a very tasty tour, but it was just samples and not an excessive amount of ingested chocolate. I found where I'm going to get some year-end gifts, though! Unfortunately, this was a slow walk, though, kind of like a museum and my legs and back hate that.
Friday, Paul and I went to the Renoir exhibit at the Grand Palais. Being a Renoir exhibit, it was crowded. Too crowded. If you tried to look closely at a painting or even the sign with the title, you were pushed out of the way; if you stood back to admire, you couldn't see because of the people passing by in front of you. Luckily, I have a carte Sésame and can go back whenever I want. I might try some morning. I was very happy to stop walking when we got home. That walk uphill from the RER seemed interminable.
An then on Saturday was the Money Matters for Women conference in the 7th. I was a volunteer so I had to get there by 11. Paul drove me in. At least I didn't have to walk around too much. There was a lot of going up and down stairs, but that was a pleasant change. I think I attended some good sessions and the day ended with Samina, who led us through a speedy prosperity workshop. Having done a real workshop with her, I can say that one should take the time to think through the answers to the questions, because if you speed through it, you end up with a superficial view. I think everyone understood that the session was just the beginning.
After walking to and from the painting class at Francine's. That wasn't too strenuous. On Tuesday I really forget what I did except for an appointment in Nogent near the big market in the middle of the afternoon. It really started on Wednesday.
Mary Lynne took us Ile de France Walkers on a wonderful hike along the Bièvre from St. Quentin en Yvelines to Jouy en Josas. It's always such a pleasure to meet up with old friends now and to meet newer arrivals. For once, I didn't feel like I was lagging behind, either, so that was nice. It seemed to me we were all walking at about the same pace. There were almost 30 of us for this walk, which is perhaps a bit too many, but we managed.
Alexander (now almost 9 months old) came along with his mother again. He's now moved to a fantastic back pack I took pictures of to remember what brand it is in case we want to get one as a gift. When I think of the elementary front pack, and then the backpack, we had, I think the design improvements are extraordinary. The only drawback is, for the front packs, more complicated attachments, and for the back pack, added weight.
The Bièvre is a short tributary of the Seine. It runs into the Seine in Paris, not far from Notre Dame. The water, back in Louis XIV's day, was so pure it was used for rinsing fabric and thread dyes. The famous "toile de Jouy" was produced in Jouy en Josas and rinsed in the river's water and the Gobelins tapestrys were set up (still there) in Paris, on Ave. des Gobelins, Paris 13. They rinsed the dyed wool in the river. Apparently, there were also tanneries along the river and that would certainly have polluted the river for the dyers and in conjunction with dyers, the river became too polluted and was covered for most of its distance until recently. Interesting for those who are familiar with Paris, the printer who set up his fabric printing business in Jouy was Oberkampf, so that's where that metro stop got its name. He chose Jouy not only because the water was excellent for the process, but he also had enough land to dry the cloth, and he wasn't far from the court at Versailles to boot.
The walk is not always along the river, but close enough. There are several ponds and we had our lunch in a clearing at a pond. At Buc we also crossed under the aqueduct that was built in the 1680s to carry water from the Saclay plateau to the artificial canals at Versailles. It was still functioning in the 1950s and is still in good condition even if it is no longer used.
About half of the group decided to visit the museum at Jouy en Josas. It's interesting, although I'm not sure I'd go there on purpose just to see the museum. The museum is in the old Oberkampf home; all the other fabric works buildings are gone. I think what struck me is the variety of Jouy designs and colors. I'm so used to seeing the same design in red or black, I thought that was all they did. There are good illustrated explanations of how the fabric was printed, the chemical process and all that. The arrows led us upstairs, but when I tried to open what I thought was the door to the rest of the exhibit, it wouldn't open, so I just assumed it was closed and went back downstairs. I was not alone in doing this and, from what I heard afterwards, we missed about four rooms of samples and upholstered furniture.
We finished with a short walk to the train station, but no trains were operating, so we had to get on a bus. I ended up getting on a bus that went to the Velizy-Chavilles station, but the others took a bus to Versailles Chantier or Massy Paliseau. I should have gone with them. My bus took us meandering around Jouy for a while before heading on to Vélizy-Chavilles. It was a pretty ride, though.
On Thursday, I walked to and from Francine's again and then headed straight back to the RER station to go to Paris to meet up with a group of AAWE friends for a walking tour of the 1st arrondissement -- a chocolate tour. Iris is a young guide, a real professional guide, whom I highly recommend. She started us off at the Louvre, where Marie-Thérèse, Louis XIV's queen established chocolate as the drink of choice. We then went to where the first chocolat maker set up with a royal patent. We stopped at the boulangerie patisserie that supplies the Elysée Palace. There, we had a sample of an "Opéra", a coffee and chocolate pastry that is sold in almost every patisserie in France. This one was especially good as the balance between the chocolate and coffee was perfect. Of course, we only tasted the very finest quality of chocolate on this tour, all made with 100% cocoa butter and no other kind of oil. (Leslie Charbonnel has kindly allowed me to share her pictures with you -- I forgot to take my camera!)We then made our way through the Palais Royal gardens (where Anne d'Autriche once lived with the royal princes, Louis XIV and his brother) and went on to three different chocolate makers where we tasted different samples. It was a very tasty tour, but it was just samples and not an excessive amount of ingested chocolate. I found where I'm going to get some year-end gifts, though! Unfortunately, this was a slow walk, though, kind of like a museum and my legs and back hate that.
Friday, Paul and I went to the Renoir exhibit at the Grand Palais. Being a Renoir exhibit, it was crowded. Too crowded. If you tried to look closely at a painting or even the sign with the title, you were pushed out of the way; if you stood back to admire, you couldn't see because of the people passing by in front of you. Luckily, I have a carte Sésame and can go back whenever I want. I might try some morning. I was very happy to stop walking when we got home. That walk uphill from the RER seemed interminable.
An then on Saturday was the Money Matters for Women conference in the 7th. I was a volunteer so I had to get there by 11. Paul drove me in. At least I didn't have to walk around too much. There was a lot of going up and down stairs, but that was a pleasant change. I think I attended some good sessions and the day ended with Samina, who led us through a speedy prosperity workshop. Having done a real workshop with her, I can say that one should take the time to think through the answers to the questions, because if you speed through it, you end up with a superficial view. I think everyone understood that the session was just the beginning.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Menier Chocolate Factory in Noisiel
en français après le trait
Today was the long-awaited visit to the chocolate factory in Noisiel. It was very interesting -- and also very cold out. I think I recently said I the next time I go to Disneyland in winter, it would have to be in Florida, well, if anyone wants me to take them to visit the chocolate factory, give me plenty of warning so I can get a date not in the middle of winter. The reason our visit was now is that this was the first date available when we asked for a reservation last summer! So, give me PLENTY of time to get a good date.
wikipedia article in English
The visit is really interesting. Unfortunately, it's no longer a manufacturing site, so the machines are gone. Menier, back at the beginning of the 19th century made medicine. To start, they were in the Marais, in Paris. It was a very industrial neighborhood, but apparently, this plant was too loud or smelly and they were encouraged to move. So, Menier found a little village along the Marne, 35 km. from Paris (3 hours in those days) and he decided to build a model factory and model workers' city to go with it. In what is considered, "old" Noisiel, you can still see the workers' houses with their little garden plots. For the time -- early 19th century -- it was really progressive. Public buildings, school -- everything was Menier. In fact, the Menier's were regularly elected as maire or to the national assembly or the senate.
Medicine to chocolate? Chocolate was made for medicinal use. Menier had his plant in the "Marais" of Paris, where he made campher-based medicine. One specialty was a chocolate-campher throat losange for coughs. By the middle of the 19th century, the heir who took over decided to concentrate on the chocolate and expand. They had their own cocoa plantations in Nicaragua and their own fleet to bring it to France. They produced sugar locally from sugar beets.
From the very beginning, they set out to build a model factory and town, so they made it beautiful; they expected visits. They used the top architects and the latest building techniques. When work-days elsewhere were still 14 hours, they had 12-hour days. They did not hire children under 12 and they wanted the kids they hired to have their "certificat d'études" (an exam-based school-leaving diploma, 6th grade) so they had a school for them. They were isolated, far from Paris and any other town, so they wanted families and they made sure that conditions were acceptable for women, so they would remain respectable: women workers started 10 minutes after the men, so they wouldn't mix with the men. Also the sorters (sorting the cocoa beans) and wrappers (each tablet was wrapped in paper) were women, so they didn't mix on site either. Workers who lived to 60 were retired with a company pension. Sunday was not a legal day off until 1906 in France, but the Menier plant worked on Sundays only when necessary. Otherwise, only the cleaning crew worked on Sunday. All this was pretty revolutionary. The benevolent, paternalistic industrial.
The 19th century buildings were iron skeletons with lots of glass and brick walls. Instead of just plain brick, they used different colors. It's the kiln temperature that determines the color of brick, not the kind of clay. This was also the time that Eiffel was building his bridges, towers, and so on, and Baltard created the vast markets (one of the Paris Baltard buildings is set up in Nogent). By the early 20th century, they were experimenting with concrete. The turbines in the mill are the ones from the 1930s. The later Meniers continued to replace old machines with the latest models just as the early ones. The machines that crushed the cocoa beans were on the upper floors of the watermill and they were run by water power when they started, but as soon as they were able to make electricity with the water power, they made enough electricity for the factory machines and the town.
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Nous avons bravé le froid aujourd'hui pour visiter l'usine Menier à Noisiel. Nous, c'est Paul, moi, Louis et Gwen et quelques amis du groupe de marche. Si vous aimeriez y aller, il faut réserver bien à l'avance (6 mois) et si possible on évitera l'hiver!
wikipedia - en français
C'est une bonne visite. Il ne manque que les machines et la fabrication du chocolat. Le premier Menier, au début du 19è siècle, fabriquait de médicaments dans le marais à Paris. Malgré que c'était un quartier industriel, cette industrie dérangeait et ils ont été priés de déménager. Menier a trouvé donc une site sur la Marne à 35 km. de Paris (3 hours in those days), près d'un village. Il décida d'y installer une usine modèle et une cité ouvrière modèle. On peut aussi faire la visite de la cité, mais nous ne l'avons pas fait aujourd'hui. Tout est "Menier" - les maisons, les bâtiments publics. Les Meniers étaient régulièrement élus maire, député ou senateur.
Comment aller des médicaments au chocolat? Le chocolat avait des utilisations médicale. Menier fabriquait des médicaments à base de camphre et il y avait un médicament de chocolat et camphre pour les toux. Au milieu du 19è siècle, son héritier décida de se concentrer sur le chocolat. Ils avaient leurs plantations de cacao au Nicaragua et leur bateaux pour le convoyer en France. Ils produisaient le sucre localement de leurs betteraves.
Depuis le début, ils avaient l'intention de construire une usine et ville modèle, donc ils les ont fait jolisq, car ils savaient qu'on y viendrait visiter. Ils ont utiliser les meilleurs architects et toujours les techniques de pointes. A l'époque où la journée de travail était de 14 heures, chez eux, c'était 12 heures. Et ils n'embauchaient pas d'enfant en dessous de 12 ans. Leur ville avait une école et le certificat d'études était de rigueur pour travailler à l'usine. Noisiel était isolé, loin de Paris, alors on y encourageait l'installation en famille, ce qui voulait dire qu'il fallait employer des femmes et leur assurer des conditions de travail qui leur préserver le respect: les femmes embauchaient en décalage par rapport aux hommes pour éviter de la promiscuité. Aussi, les ateliers d'emballage et de trie étaient féminin, donc les hommes et les femmes ne se rencontraient pas sur le site non plus. Les ouvriers qui vivaient jusqu'à l'âge de 60 ans prenait la retraite avec une pension du patron. Le travail de dimanche ne devint chômé qu'en 1906, mais à Noisiel, ce n'était qu'occasionnel. Tout celà était assez révolutionnaire pour l'époque. Le paternalisme bienveillant.
Les bâtiments du 19è siècle sont des squelèttes en fer habillées de verre et briques colorées. C'est la temperature de cuisson et non la matière que crée les différentes couleurs. C'est l'époque de Eiffel et Baltard et on retrouve les styles. Au début du 20è siècle, on commence à construire en béton. Les turbines qu'on voit dans le mouin datent des années 1930, car les Meniers restaient toujours à la pointe de la technologie et remplaçaient les machines assez souvent. Au début les machines à broyer les fèves de cacao aux étages supérieures du moulin fonctionnaient "à l'eau" mais assez vite, l'eau servait à faire l'éléctricité qui déservait toutes les machines de l'usine et aussi la cité.
Today was the long-awaited visit to the chocolate factory in Noisiel. It was very interesting -- and also very cold out. I think I recently said I the next time I go to Disneyland in winter, it would have to be in Florida, well, if anyone wants me to take them to visit the chocolate factory, give me plenty of warning so I can get a date not in the middle of winter. The reason our visit was now is that this was the first date available when we asked for a reservation last summer! So, give me PLENTY of time to get a good date.
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| 2009-02 |
The visit is really interesting. Unfortunately, it's no longer a manufacturing site, so the machines are gone. Menier, back at the beginning of the 19th century made medicine. To start, they were in the Marais, in Paris. It was a very industrial neighborhood, but apparently, this plant was too loud or smelly and they were encouraged to move. So, Menier found a little village along the Marne, 35 km. from Paris (3 hours in those days) and he decided to build a model factory and model workers' city to go with it. In what is considered, "old" Noisiel, you can still see the workers' houses with their little garden plots. For the time -- early 19th century -- it was really progressive. Public buildings, school -- everything was Menier. In fact, the Menier's were regularly elected as maire or to the national assembly or the senate.
Medicine to chocolate? Chocolate was made for medicinal use. Menier had his plant in the "Marais" of Paris, where he made campher-based medicine. One specialty was a chocolate-campher throat losange for coughs. By the middle of the 19th century, the heir who took over decided to concentrate on the chocolate and expand. They had their own cocoa plantations in Nicaragua and their own fleet to bring it to France. They produced sugar locally from sugar beets.
From the very beginning, they set out to build a model factory and town, so they made it beautiful; they expected visits. They used the top architects and the latest building techniques. When work-days elsewhere were still 14 hours, they had 12-hour days. They did not hire children under 12 and they wanted the kids they hired to have their "certificat d'études" (an exam-based school-leaving diploma, 6th grade) so they had a school for them. They were isolated, far from Paris and any other town, so they wanted families and they made sure that conditions were acceptable for women, so they would remain respectable: women workers started 10 minutes after the men, so they wouldn't mix with the men. Also the sorters (sorting the cocoa beans) and wrappers (each tablet was wrapped in paper) were women, so they didn't mix on site either. Workers who lived to 60 were retired with a company pension. Sunday was not a legal day off until 1906 in France, but the Menier plant worked on Sundays only when necessary. Otherwise, only the cleaning crew worked on Sunday. All this was pretty revolutionary. The benevolent, paternalistic industrial.
The 19th century buildings were iron skeletons with lots of glass and brick walls. Instead of just plain brick, they used different colors. It's the kiln temperature that determines the color of brick, not the kind of clay. This was also the time that Eiffel was building his bridges, towers, and so on, and Baltard created the vast markets (one of the Paris Baltard buildings is set up in Nogent). By the early 20th century, they were experimenting with concrete. The turbines in the mill are the ones from the 1930s. The later Meniers continued to replace old machines with the latest models just as the early ones. The machines that crushed the cocoa beans were on the upper floors of the watermill and they were run by water power when they started, but as soon as they were able to make electricity with the water power, they made enough electricity for the factory machines and the town.
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Nous avons bravé le froid aujourd'hui pour visiter l'usine Menier à Noisiel. Nous, c'est Paul, moi, Louis et Gwen et quelques amis du groupe de marche. Si vous aimeriez y aller, il faut réserver bien à l'avance (6 mois) et si possible on évitera l'hiver!
| a |
| 2009-02 |
C'est une bonne visite. Il ne manque que les machines et la fabrication du chocolat. Le premier Menier, au début du 19è siècle, fabriquait de médicaments dans le marais à Paris. Malgré que c'était un quartier industriel, cette industrie dérangeait et ils ont été priés de déménager. Menier a trouvé donc une site sur la Marne à 35 km. de Paris (3 hours in those days), près d'un village. Il décida d'y installer une usine modèle et une cité ouvrière modèle. On peut aussi faire la visite de la cité, mais nous ne l'avons pas fait aujourd'hui. Tout est "Menier" - les maisons, les bâtiments publics. Les Meniers étaient régulièrement élus maire, député ou senateur.
Comment aller des médicaments au chocolat? Le chocolat avait des utilisations médicale. Menier fabriquait des médicaments à base de camphre et il y avait un médicament de chocolat et camphre pour les toux. Au milieu du 19è siècle, son héritier décida de se concentrer sur le chocolat. Ils avaient leurs plantations de cacao au Nicaragua et leur bateaux pour le convoyer en France. Ils produisaient le sucre localement de leurs betteraves.
Depuis le début, ils avaient l'intention de construire une usine et ville modèle, donc ils les ont fait jolisq, car ils savaient qu'on y viendrait visiter. Ils ont utiliser les meilleurs architects et toujours les techniques de pointes. A l'époque où la journée de travail était de 14 heures, chez eux, c'était 12 heures. Et ils n'embauchaient pas d'enfant en dessous de 12 ans. Leur ville avait une école et le certificat d'études était de rigueur pour travailler à l'usine. Noisiel était isolé, loin de Paris, alors on y encourageait l'installation en famille, ce qui voulait dire qu'il fallait employer des femmes et leur assurer des conditions de travail qui leur préserver le respect: les femmes embauchaient en décalage par rapport aux hommes pour éviter de la promiscuité. Aussi, les ateliers d'emballage et de trie étaient féminin, donc les hommes et les femmes ne se rencontraient pas sur le site non plus. Les ouvriers qui vivaient jusqu'à l'âge de 60 ans prenait la retraite avec une pension du patron. Le travail de dimanche ne devint chômé qu'en 1906, mais à Noisiel, ce n'était qu'occasionnel. Tout celà était assez révolutionnaire pour l'époque. Le paternalisme bienveillant.
Les bâtiments du 19è siècle sont des squelèttes en fer habillées de verre et briques colorées. C'est la temperature de cuisson et non la matière que crée les différentes couleurs. C'est l'époque de Eiffel et Baltard et on retrouve les styles. Au début du 20è siècle, on commence à construire en béton. Les turbines qu'on voit dans le mouin datent des années 1930, car les Meniers restaient toujours à la pointe de la technologie et remplaçaient les machines assez souvent. Au début les machines à broyer les fèves de cacao aux étages supérieures du moulin fonctionnaient "à l'eau" mais assez vite, l'eau servait à faire l'éléctricité qui déservait toutes les machines de l'usine et aussi la cité.
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