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Gabare du marais et la Forge

TRIBEHOU

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It’s the story of earth, water and fire…
With earth and water we shape houses, on the water of the marshes we navigate by barge, with fire and water we forge, with water we extinguish the fire thanks to the fire pump (1908) .
The Tribehou barge

In 1988, during canal cleaning work along the Saint-Georges-de-Bohon road, it was removed from the mud, then exposed in 1991 under a shelter of earth and “rotz” (mixture of reeds, sedges, sedges). Barges are flat-bottomed boats, allowing easy passage in the shallow waters of the marsh. They are built mainly from elm or oak wood, with a length of 11 to 17 m. Two important construction sites prospered in Tribehou between 1800 and 1854, supporting around ten carpenters and 53 boatmen.
Since the Middle Ages, barges have come up from the slope of the Bay of Veys to improve the land and bring down goods (lime, bricks, etc.).

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