Ancienne usine métallurgique dite la Forge Gendarme

In 1817, Jean-Nicolas Gendarme set up a forge to produce cannonballs in the old Saint-Basle mill. In 1824, he built a blast furnace on the Vrigne stream, along with a pond, coal sheds and a forge. The complex, completed in 1825, also included workers' housing, nicknamed "the Caserne", and a boss's house decorated with cannonballs.

Production included cast iron (irons, projectiles) and bar iron, rolled at Vrigne au Bois. In 1851, the site consumed Ardennes ore and charcoal, transforming 800 tonnes of cast iron and 1 tonnes of iron. Marguerite Gendarme-Evain rented the factory in 300 to the Dardenne family, then to Creton in 1876, who modernized the site with turbines and steam engines before its closure in 1935.

The buildings, made of limestone rubble and cut stone, have a neat architecture: symmetrical facades, large dormers, niches, and long-span roofs. Some elements remain, although partially collapsed or destroyed since the 1980s.