From the 18th century onward, the French Vosges developed into a centre of the wool, linen, and cotton industries. Mountain streams powered watermills and provided the much-needed water for washing, dyeing, and bleaching fabrics.
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The Vesdre River became best known for its heavy flooding in the summer of 2021, but it also brought wealth and industry to Verviers and the surrounding area. Since the Middle Ages, the wool industry flourished in the towns along the Vesder.
The banks of the Vesder in Pepinster are flanked by one of the most iconic facades of a textile factory, that of Textile de Pepinster.
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