The railway line was Construction, begun in 1870 she was commissioned in 1875.Le first train passed Serres February 1 1875.Cet enormous project occupied much fouvriers and wine are sold well ..... In 1870, my grandfather John Joseph Reynaud had acquired Barillon, who was top all planted with vines. He built the shed in 1875, he also bring in a water intake on the Pale. MILL neighbor sold him the pass on his property Reynaud was responsible for the maintenance of the catch. The canal crossed the Pale at the top of the dam he had built for this purpose My grandfather was put to the canal skin in April if the weather nécessitait.La construction of the railway line provided a future full promise and brought a lot of money in the country. Railways expropriated at very high prices such as those lands back grandparents, Guy MOULIN which were expropriated to build the station Greenhouses, land planted with vines prix.Bonne was paid a big deal because almost immediately the Phylloxera (root disease of grapevine) destroyed the French vineyards ( and Serrois). My grandfather, who has harvested 80 hectoliters of wine, fell the following year to 6 hl and nothing the following year. It was almost the ruin .... A Montclus, vineyards stretched almost to rocher.A Serres vine stretched across the valley to Saumane sharp rock, Chauvin was all planted, the village Retirement was a vine, until Arambre, Chaussais.Au the steps from the Alley, The rock was planted Agnelle also a cable crossing the Buëch opposite the tunnel path fer.le vineyard is slowly rebuilt, after many trials. The remedy was the grafting of our country plant on rootstock American wild grape very strong. But this remedy against the Phylloxera brought other unknown diseases in the past such as powdery mildew, downy mildew ... Slowly people began again to replant, but the vineyard of the past was never recovered .. In 1912, the vineyard produced reconstituted 2000 hectoliters of wine. In 1928 the vineyard occupies 67 hectares.Aujourd Serres' Today it has almost disappeared, not suitable not a monoculture and the nearby vineyards of the Rhone Valley took away his reason for being. The railways opened an era of prosperity, agricultural products more marketable, the main market being Marseille.Les sheep , which previously kept their lambs 3 years so they can get without too much loss (journey on foot made them lose weight), were there a débouché.La station Greenhouses at that time experienced a large influx, it was a renewal, the prices will be affected ... The exploitation of timber for mine galleries of the Mure became an industry until the 60s. The banks of the goods station were crowded, everything was shipped by rail. Colonial products began to arrive. The station was a back and forth standing of carts and carters voyageurs.Les long-term, as one might say, had to retrain in short distances. The Nyonsais still horse-drawn transport, couriers carrying eight to ten passengers were changing horses in St May.Il there were the relays, or carters were support, they could eat and sleep, restore their horses and even find any others for their help climb hills too steep. These hardy men, accustomed to all the times were not difficult. Sometimes they waited for a bed is available to take the warm place of another. These relays were always a large shed to house the carts from rain but also thieves, and a stable for the carters chevaux.Les Nyons carried mostly wine they had on their cart 3 large barrels of 300 liters each, called "half muit. rosanna The Pinet Hugues and passed on the road at daybreak, loaded with timber and various freights. The carters were almost always two horses to each wagon. The collars of the horses were filled with a multitude of bells could be heard from afar. The war ended in 1914 -1918 and rolling the car took over from horses. This was also the end of rafts down the fir wood and St. Julien Lus la Croix Haute on Buëch swollen up Meyrargues, Marseille and Avignon for shipbuilding. These rafts were made of large logs of fir wood connected by ropes, so as to leave a flat part for both St Julian radeliers.A Bochaine the raft was built on gravel Buëch in low water, moored on one side to a tree to a small flood on the river moved. The radeliers expecting a major flood, climbed on the raft with a few strings, a blanket and some food and cast off ... to the grace of God .... The radeliers drove the raft of blunders, it was necessary to avoid the rocks that cut the ropes, where the accident happened and everything was lost radeliers risked noyade.A Serres there was a station for liferafts which allowed to refit some damage. She was to present the game balls (the name persists Lake), when everything went well it took 30 hours to get a Meyrargues.Les rafts for the Navy went to Avignon, crossed the Rhone, and reached the sea, boats took them in tow until destination.De old Serrois tell a raft passing under the old bridge police, the ropes were cut by the rock, the raft broke up, a piece of wood stood in the middle of a Buëch radelier clung, it was winter, the people of Serres unable to rescue them kindled large fires on the shoreline, touched by the warmth the survivor clapped her hands. Another was drowned radelier to the sports field, or Buëch was before the construction of the station digue.La Serres.Le 1st February 1875, the train passed the station in Serres. It was a great event, fête.Le station master was regarded as an authority, there was a deputy chief and two men team, a real curiosity, people came from Rosans, Montmorin, spine and all environs.La promise to children take them to spend the big black mare that was lying several voituressuffisait wise to hold them for several semaines.C 'were indeed the first cars "horseless walking." For travelers how different from the heavy stagecoaches ... But to go to Gap it took two days there was no turning back in the day). But there was some suspicion to take the train. Gap visiting his daughter, my grandfather said flatly! the train is a guillotine. By seven o'clock I walk ... This event was the prelude to a great change, energy, mechanical energy was now dethroned animal. This was the beginning of industrialization. It took another 80 years to dethrone the horse ...
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