Visit of the mill of Kerbroué
Moulin de Kerbroué
16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed
Au Gré des Vents
Moulin de Kerbroué
The Kerbroué mill was built in the middle of the 18th century, in 1746. Depending on the seigneury of Lauvergnac, it was modernized in 1893:
Raised up to 4 levels,
- With a second pair of wheels,
- Equipped with the latest technologies of the time: Berton type wings (in wooden slats) and slewing reel.
He is one of the last survivors in the area, he works until 1969. At that time it was still in the middle of pastures and cereal fields. In 2004, bought by the municipality of La Turballe, it is restored and integrates the heritage turballais.
The mill of Kerbroué ... A visit is necessary to discover the mechanism of crushing the grain to extract the flour. On 4 levels, the strength of the wings, 52m ² of wing, drives the wheel, the lantern, the big iron, which, in their turn, by various gears make rotate the sorter, the current grinding wheel, the bluterie, to obtain the fine wheat flour...