Le Locle - Moulins souterrains!

In Le Locle we met Rita & Michel who joined us for two days. We first started underground by visiting the Underground Mills of Le locle. They used the caverns and its water to produce transmission for grain mill, saw mill and other useful things. It has been all installed and operated underground where a constant temperature of 7 degrees did definitely not provide a great work environment.
Later they only used the wheels to use the water power and all factories had been built outside.
Only in the 70ies the abounded site has been restored and made public.
We visited Le Locle and enjoyed “French” food. In La-Chaux-de-Fonds we stayed overnight and enjoyed another nice meal.Weiterlesen