ship building Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/ship-building/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:00:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Chantiers de l’Atlantique Factory Tour – Saint-Nazaire https://mechtraveller.com/2023/01/chantiers-de-latlantique-factory-tour-saint-nazaire/ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/01/chantiers-de-latlantique-factory-tour-saint-nazaire/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2023 12:47:48 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8618 Saint-Nazaire is an industrial port city and its history is inextricably bound up with its ship building industry. So it is no wonder that visitors are keen to see what goes on at the massive Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard, not least because its giant ‘products’ dominate the sky line. The history and development of Saint-Nazaire’s […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2023/01/chantiers-de-latlantique-factory-tour-saint-nazaire/feed/ 1 Écomusée – Industrial Heritage Museum of Saint-Nazaire https://mechtraveller.com/2022/10/ecomusee-industrial-heritage-museum-of-saint-nazaire/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/10/ecomusee-industrial-heritage-museum-of-saint-nazaire/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:12:03 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8178 The Écomusée in the old port area of Saint-Nazaire focuses on the port’s historic, industrial and maritime heritage. Who knew!? Most Anglophones, me included, think the “Éco Museum” is something to do with the environment, and probably linked to the EOL-Wind Turbine experience nearby. I wouldn’t have gone there if we hadn’t been walking literally […]

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