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Tout au long du xixe siècle, Rouen et les communes alentour s’adonnent à une importante activité, la teinture de la laine et du coton. Les sources documentaires classiques qui renseignent l’histoire industrielle restent peu loquaces sur les usines de teinturerie. L’exploitation des annonces de vente et de location de ces dernières parues dans le Journal de Rouen, à ce jour pas ou peu exploitées, livrent heureusement un ensemble de données qui permettent de préciser l’organisation des établissements, les différents ateliers qui les composent, leur aménagement et leur mode de construction. Throughout the nineteenth century, Rouen and the communes surrounding it were involved in an important industrial activity, the dyeing of wool and cotton. The usual archival sources exploited in industrial history are not very loquacious on the dyeing factories. But a local newspaper, the Journal de Rouen, carried small advertisement for the sale or rent of these establishments. Here is a source which has not so far been properly consulted, but which in fact provides data which helps us understand the organisation of the establishments, the different workshops they were comprised of and the way they were laid out and built. |
