Scie et moulin de Sarreyer, Memory institution and local museum in Sarreyer, Switzerland.

The Scie et moulin de Sarreyer is a preserved industrial building that housed a sawmill and grain-grinding equipment in a Swiss mountain valley. The structure demonstrates how waterpower once supported the survival of a mountain community.

Built in 1837, the sawmill and mill of Sarreyer were erected as a shared facility by the villagers, who relied on them to process timber and grain. The water-powered operation served the community for about a century before grinding and sawing ceased.

The mill and sawmill are known locally as the Scie et Moulins de Sarreyer, and the site keeps working equipment that villagers once brought their grain and timber to. The shared building was run cooperatively, so the place recalls a time when Sarreyer's households depended on one another for flour and sawn wood.

The sawmill and mill stand in the centre of Sarreyer, a short walk up from the village lane; the path climbs and is cobbled in places. The wooden building is entered at ground level, but the interior floor and the ground around the water channel are uneven. Sturdy shoes help, and the site is best visited in dry weather.

A single vertical waterwheel powered the sawmill, two grindstones, and even an apple crusher all at once. This engineering solution shows how mountain dwellers used their resources creatively.