Ancienne fonderie Grandry
Visible from the outside from the street
The factory founded by the Grandry brothers in 1848 in Nouzonville was relocated to Sablé (Sarthe) during the Second World War. It was established in Mézières in 1954 under the name Fonderies Grandry SA to specialize in valve parts (fountain valves) and public works equipment in cast steel. The original buildings consisted of offices and brick manufacturing workshops, built in the 1950s. An automatic molding workshop was installed at the end of the 1980s. The site closed in 2003 and has remained abandoned ever since. The Grandry factory employed 130 people in 1995 for a monthly production of 350 tons of parts.
The main entrance, rue Jules Lobet, is bordered by the offices, a building in rendered bricks, on a square floor covered with a pavilion roof and mechanical tiles. The main workshop is composed of three bays with walls in iron panels laid with brick. The metal roof with long sections covered with asbestos cement is supported by metal lattice beams. To the east and north, more recent workshops are built in the same way with a metal structure in sheet metal essentage. To the south, the model stores have a succession of sheds with metal frames surmounting concrete block walls.
The main entrance, rue Jules Lobet, is bordered by the offices, a building in rendered bricks, on a square floor covered with a pavilion roof and mechanical tiles. The main workshop is composed of three bays with walls in iron panels laid with brick. The metal roof with long sections covered with asbestos cement is supported by metal lattice beams. To the east and north, more recent workshops are built in the same way with a metal structure in sheet metal essentage. To the south, the model stores have a succession of sheds with metal frames surmounting concrete block walls.
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