Tréguennec pebble crushing plant

In 1942, the Germans set up a Todt camp in Tréguennec. From this date onwards, they carried out major pebble extractions, with the aim of supplying building materials for local engineering structures, and for the Atlantic Wall. Extraction began in 1942. On the dunes, the bulldozer feeds pebbles to the shovel, which fills the wagons. The wagons, pulled by the locomotive, follow the construction railway from the beach to the top of the revetment wall. From the top, they pour their contents into three, then later five, filtering hoppers. The smallest pebbles, directly usable as building materials, fall into wagons waiting at the foot of the wall. The other pebbles, too large to be used in their present state, are stored back for crushing. Quimper was liberated in August 1944, Brest in September of the same year. The Tréguennec camp is abandoned by the Germans. The facilities were ransacked both by the enemy and by major thefts committed at the time of the Liberation. Source Wikipédia

In 1942, the Germans set up a Todt camp in Tréguennec. From this date onwards, they carried out major pebble extractions, with the aim of supplying building materials for local engineering structures, and for the Atlantic Wall. Extraction began in 1942. On the dunes, the bulldozer feeds pebbles to the shovel, which fills the wagons. The wagons, pulled by the locomotive, follow the construction railway from the beach to the top of the revetment wall. From the top, they pour their contents into three, then later five, filtering hoppers. The smallest pebbles, directly usable as building materials, fall into wagons waiting at the foot of the wall. The other pebbles, too large to be used in their present state, are stored back for crushing. Quimper was liberated in August 1944, Brest in September of the same year. The Tréguennec camp is abandoned by the Germans. The facilities were ransacked both by the enemy and by major thefts committed at the time of the Liberation. Source Wikipédia