Editing Lorient (section)

=== 19th and early 20th centuries ===
[[File:Berthe Morisot The Harbor at Lorient.jpg|thumb|The Harbor at Lorient, 1869 painting by [[Berthe Morisot]].]]
[[File:Lorient - Cours de la Bôve (1907).jpg|thumb|Cours de la Bôve (1907)]]

Maritime activities slowed at the start of the 19th century. Activity at the shipyards and naval base reached a low that would last until the [[July Monarchy]]. During this period, the city was more of an administrative center.<ref name="Chaumeil P76">{{cite journal|last=Chaumeil|first=Louis|title=Abrégé d'histoire de Lorient de la fondation (1666) à nos jours (1939)|journal=Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l'Ouest|volume=46|issue=1|year=1939|page=76|language=fr|doi=10.3406/abpo.1939.1788}}</ref> The first [[secondary school]] opened in 1822, a [[lazaretto]] in 1823, and [[barracks]] in 1839.<ref name="Chaumeil P77">{{cite journal|last=Chaumeil|first=Louis|title=Abrégé d'histoire de Lorient de la fondation (1666) à nos jours (1939)|journal=Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l'Ouest|volume=46|issue=1|year=1939|page=77|language=fr|doi=10.3406/abpo.1939.1788}}</ref>

The city began to modernize in the second quarter of the century; in 1825, a roofed slipway and a [[drydock]] were added to the shipyards.<ref name="Chaumeil P76"/> A [[sardine]] [[cannery]]<ref name="Chaumeil P80">{{cite journal|last=Chaumeil|first=Louis|title=Abrégé d'histoire de Lorient de la fondation (1666) à nos jours (1939)|journal=Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l'Ouest|volume=46|issue=1|year=1939|page=80|language=fr|doi=10.3406/abpo.1939.1788}}</ref> opened the same year. The first [[gasworks]] was built in 1845.<ref name ="Chaumeil P79">{{cite journal|last=Chaumeil|first=Louis|title=Abrégé d'histoire de Lorient de la fondation (1666) à nos jours (1939)|journal=Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l'Ouest|volume=46|issue=1|year=1939|page=79|language=fr|doi=10.3406/abpo.1939.1788}}</ref>

In the second half of the 19th century, the [[steam engine]] allowed the ports to strengthen their output.<ref name="Chaumeil P77"/> The first [[locomotive]] reached the city in 1865.<ref name="Chaumeil P80"/> In 1861, the original [[drydock]] was enlarged as a second one was dug out. The same year, the [[ironclad]] ''[[French ironclad Couronne|Couronne]]'' was built on a design directly inspired by the ''[[French ironclad Gloire|Gloire]]'' [[ship class|class]], though unlike her wooden-hull predecessors, she was entirely made of iron. She was followed in 1876 by the ironclad ''[[French ironclad Redoutable|Redoutable]]'', the first ship in the world with a steel structure.

In 1889, fishing expanded following the creation of the municipal fish market,<ref name="Chaumeil P79"/> and the arrival of [[steam-powered]] [[fishing trawler]]s in 1900. The [[Fishing port of Lorient-Keroman|Keroman fishing port]] construction started in 1920.