
The history of the Moulin de Tulette


As you can still see today, it was a very simple mechanism: a series of dams held back the water from the canal, and a valve enabled a strong current to be precipitated through the building's vault, driving large wooden pallets and then directly to the millstone.
Along the old canal, you can still see the cut stone blocks that served as slides for the sluice system.
Note that the sole (or millstone) is made from a single block of cut granite, probably brought from the Belledonne or Oisans mountains through the Romanche valley.
The digging of a canal and the installation of a mill on this plain can be explained by the fact that in the Middle Ages, the "Gresse" had not yet been dammed up: it was a capricious torrent whose course varied constantly, making it impossible to use its waters.
