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A walk through Clairac · stop 6/6
The old mill
Claude Martin, a business leader in Clairac.
After his military service, Claude Martin worked in the family drapery shop, then became chairman of the Société d’Électricité de Guyenne et Gasconne, based in the old mill of Clairac. [A] He himself told how, on 20 July 1890, the town council examined an offer of electric street lighting. [W13]
To be seen from public space; access and the exact location are to be confirmed with the town council. To be checked
Sources
- [A] Exhibition panel “Claude Martin” (PDF, original document in French)
- [W13] Claude Martin, « L’éclairage électrique à Clairac », Revue de l’Agenais, 1994, digitised by the Société des amis de Clairac (PDF), accessed 5 October 2026: amisdeclairac.com