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GENERAL
EXPLANATIONS
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The
mills of the Tine are about 1400 years old
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and
the site has been classified
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by
the Canton of Valais and the Swiss Confederation
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as
a " historical monument "
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You
are now on the old road that used to link Monthey to Champéry
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The
current bridge was built around 1750
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This
was the industrial zone of the whole valley of Illiez
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People
in the past benefited from the hydraulic force of water
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They
had a sawmill - a forge and a mills with housing conditions
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and
several presses
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The
clearance in the rock on the right of the path was a stable for the horses
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Fondation des Vieux Moulins de la Tine "Vimoti"
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VIMOTI
- Henri Moret - Chemin des Haies 13 - CH 1872 Troistorrents
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Tél.
vimoti : +41 (0) 79 226 33 16
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E-mail
: meunier@vimoti.ch
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André
Defago
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