Former Grandry foundry

The factory founded by the Grandry brothers in 1848 in Nouzonville was relocated to Sablé (Sarthe) during the Second World War. It moved to Mézières in 1954 under the name Fonderies Grandry S.A. to specialise in cast steel fittings (fountain valves) and public works equipment. The original buildings consist of offices and brick manufacturing workshops, built in the 1950s. An automatic moulding workshop was installed at the end of the 1980s. The site closed in 2003 and has remained derelict ever since. The Grandry plant employed 130 people in 1995, producing 350 tonnes of parts a month.

he main entrance, on rue Jules Lobet, is flanked by the offices, a rendered brick building with a square floor covered by a pavilion roof and mechanical tiles. The main workshop consists of three bays with brick panelled walls. The long-sloped metal roof, covered in asbestos cement, is supported by metal lattice girders. To the east and north, more recent workshops are built in the same way, with a metal structure with sheet metal cladding. To the south, the model shops feature a succession of metal-framed sheds topped by concrete block walls.