It was located beside a rocky gorge on the Tarn river, holding a falls where the water drops by about 18 metres (59 ft).

[3] In 1904 there were 1,545 workers in factories that covered 18 hectares (44 acres) The hydraulic power plant was delivering 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW).

[3] Jacques de Nervo began his career in 1919 by joining the Société du Saut-du-Tarn.

[10] The Centre des jeunes patrons was created due to the concerns of private business owners after the Popular Front won the 1936 elections.

The honorary president was Baron Jacques de Nervo, vice-president of the Société du Saut-du-Tarn and a member of the board of the Union des industries et métiers de la métallurgie (UIMM).

[11] A January 1948 illustrated catalog lists a wide range of scythes, sickles and other edged tools.

[12] The company made Talabot-brand sickles (faucilles à dents) with fine serrated teeth.

[13] Starting in 1950, production of hardware was reduced and the factory began to manufacture machine tools.

[14] Claude Dupuy, Archbishop of Albi, intervened in the threatened closure of the Saut-du-Tarn steel plant in 1968.