Looking from the old railway bridge it was difficult to see the actual layout of the River Creuse but what was obvious was the length of the barrage across the river.
Looking at it on Bing Maps gives you a better idea of the scale. A quick estimate is that it is around 400 metres, that must make it one of the longest in the area... unless of course anyone knows of another long one...
The "Mill" which the barrage serves is another question...
Having done several searches we cannot find anything on the internet about it... other than this old postcard.
This refers it it as "Station Thermal de la Roche Posay"
You have to ask "Is this where the spa water comes from?"
If you do have any info on the building we would like to know.
Footnote...
Jim and Pauline will be pleased to know that when we did the first search on Google their Gite was the first and third entries that came up out of over 17 million hits... You must be doing something right Jim...
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I know who to ask, but he's not very contactable at the moment. I know there is an interesting story about the island and its ownership, but it's not for public consumption. If I see my contact and remember, I will ask him to give me some info.
"Station Thermal de la Roche Posay" is the full name for La Rich-Posers as we know it today... I've seen other cards with different views that have this header... but the card is too low quality to show the 'sub-header'. There is another Station Thermale at Bagnols les Bains in Lozère.... I'me very glad they drop the Station Thermale bit from the signs... it would be far too long and you'd end up with signs that say Stat. Therm. La Roche P. At least we use the word Spa... which you see all over the place in Rich-Posters... and if you visit the France Voyage page for Stations Thermale... you find that most of them look like Harrogate.
Thanks, Susan. This sounds interesting....
Thanks for the information, Tim. That sounds right. The sub-header on the card reads 'Le Pont Suspendu'..
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