Usine élévatoire de Saint-Nazaire, Pumping station factory in Petit-Maroc district, Saint-Nazaire, France.
The red brick industrial building features a tall chimney and pumping machinery designed to regulate water levels in the port.
Operating from 1911 to 1993, this facility maintained water levels in Saint-Nazaire port basins with a team of sixty employees.
The structure stands as evidence of French industrial port development from the early twentieth century.
Located 400 meters from the Petit Maroc stop on Saint-Nazaire public transport line U4.
Plans include converting the former industrial site into a four-star hotel with a bar and brewery.
Location: Saint-Nazaire
GPS coordinates: 47.26700,-2.20120
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:49
Saint-Nazaire Bridge
3 km
Serpent d'océan
2.3 km
Saint-Nazaire submarine base
988 m
Saint-Nazaire pocket
1.6 km
Louis Joubert Lock
1.3 km
Espadon
947 m
Palais des sports de Saint-Nazaire
2.2 km
Les Trois Pierres dolmen
1.4 km
Kerlédé Lighthouse
3.5 km
Saint Gohard church
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Église Saint-Nazaire de Saint-Nazaire
801 m
American Expeditionary Forces Memorial
952 m
Phare d'Aiguillon
5.4 km
Villès-Martin Lighthouse
2.4 km
Les Rossignols dolmen
4.8 km
Église Sainte-Anne de Saint-Nazaire
2.3 km
Pierre de Gargantua
3 km
Bowling de Saint-Nazaire
5.1 km
Le Plessis-Gamat menhir
3.8 km
Calvaire des Rochelles
5.6 km
La Briordais dolmen
5.2 km
Balise des Morées
2.2 km
Église de l'Immaculée-Conception de Saint-Nazaire
5.2 km
Peace Dove
627 m
Église Notre-Dame-d'Espérance de Saint-Nazaire
2.5 km
Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse d'Herbins
2.7 km
Sundial
1 km
Beauregard gallery grave
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