Transport by sea
Audio guide in English
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SINCE 1864, TRANSPORT FOR THE DELIVERY OF PORPHYRY HAS BEEN DONE BY SEA AND RAILWAYS.
ROAD TRANSPORT IS NON-EXISTENT.
In 1899, a transporter bridge was built on the loading pier to load the boats moored under the arrow: from the bridge spanning the railway and the road, pallets of cobblestones were carried by a system pulleys to the barges towed towards the port of Saint-Raphaël. It will be dismantled around 1955. The mole is still visible from the beach.
It is on this beach that a boom will be installed allowing the mooring of the tartanes and the loading handmade porphyry. The boats headed back to port of Saint-Raphaël, to ship the material to Marseilles or Genoa.
Shortly before 1895, a wall was built, acting as a quay, attached to the concrete pier, thus creating a small private port belonging to the quarry company. The dragging of the wagons was done from the quarry in passing under the railway bridge (current tunnel for pedestrians), by a path of rails to the beach where the paving stones were stored.
The boat had the advantage of being able to carry a significant amount of porphyry, around 250 to 300 tons.
In 1899, a transporter bridge was built on the loading pier to load the boats moored under the arrow: from the bridge spanning the railway and the road, pallets of cobblestones were carried by a system pulleys to the barges towed towards the port of Saint-Raphaël. It will be dismantled around 1955. The mole is still visible from the beach.
It is on this beach that a boom will be installed allowing the mooring of the tartanes and the loading handmade porphyry. The boats headed back to port of Saint-Raphaël, to ship the material to Marseilles or Genoa.
Shortly before 1895, a wall was built, acting as a quay, attached to the concrete pier, thus creating a small private port belonging to the quarry company. The dragging of the wagons was done from the quarry in passing under the railway bridge (current tunnel for pedestrians), by a path of rails to the beach where the paving stones were stored.
The boat had the advantage of being able to carry a significant amount of porphyry, around 250 to 300 tons.
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