Sylans lake and glaciers near Nantua (Ain) - The glacier activity began in 1865. The...

Sylans lake and glaciers near Nantua (Ain) - The glacier activity began in 1865. The ice was stored in wooden huts, as shown in this photo taken at the end of the 19th century. Beginning in 1890 industrialization began by the glacier society of Paris with the construction of hard-wall buildings. The appearance of artificial ice, as well as the warming of the climate, making the collection of ice less important and then the outbreak of the First World War, caused the declination of exploitation which ceased definitively during the winter of 1916-1917 - postcard beginning 20th century, photograph of Laloge, Nantua - see also GUT8419, GUT8420 and GUT8430 -