Journée de patrimoine des moulins

Mill heritage day, when people are encouraged to open up their privately-owned mills to the public, was last Sunday.  We went to see this one in Ste Suzanne, that we had never seen before; the moulin Gohard.  It used to be a paper mill, paper having once an important industrial product of Ste Suzanne.  The wheel serves no function at the moment, but it does turn, and was turning when we visted.  The paddles are of a shape I hadn't seen before, long and narrow rather than broad and short.   They look like they are designed to apply a lot of force, rather than to move the wheel quickly.