The port of Vosves, the lock and the Vives Eaux dam

The Port of Vosves, like that of Dammarie-les-Lys, was listed as a "General supply port for the city of Paris".
The boats transported goods produced locally: wine, wood from the forest and ashlar from nearby quarries, which was used to construct the capital's buildings.
Before the construction of the lock, which will enable the boats to cross the gradient at this point on the Seine, the strong and courageous hauliers pulled the boats along the towpath, using oxen or Percheron horses.
The Vives Eaux lock and dam were built between 1860 and 1864. Gradually, the hauliers lost their jobs and went to work on the lock and its maintenance or on the barges that took the boats across the Seine from one bank to the other.