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Saut-du-Tarn
The Saut-du-Tarn Steel Works (french: Société des Hauts-Fourneaux, forges et aciéries du Saut-du-Tarn) was a steel maker in Saint-Juéry, Tarn, France. It originated with Léon Talabot et Compagnie, founded by Léon Talabot in 1824. The factory specialized in manufacturing steel handtools such as files, scythes and sickles, but later moving into manufacture of machine tools. It closed in 1983 and was liquidated in 1984. Several successor companies acquired some of the facilities and continue to operate. Origins (1824–81) The factory in Saint-Juery, Tarn, was founded in 1824 as L. Talabot & Cie. The factory was near to Albi, Tarn, specializing in steel production and the manufacture of tools. It was located beside a rocky gorge on the Tarn river, holding a falls where the water drops by about . The factory used the river as a source of power, and produced hardware such as files and scythes. The first rolling mills were installed in 1831. The Société Léon Talabot was forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques De Nervo
Jacques de Nervo (31 August 1897 – 27 June 1990) was a French industrialist. He was born into a family of railway pioneers and steelmakers. After World War I (1914–18) he joined one of the family companies as a factory worker, and quickly became an executive. He was involved in various major steel enterprises before, during and after World War II (1939–45). He was responsible for the creation of Usinor, which became the largest French steel making group. Family and early years Jacques de Nervo was born on 31 August 1897, son of Baron Léon de Nervo and Germaine Davillier (1875–1949). He was the great grandson of Léon Talabot, one of the founders of the French railway industry. His grandfather, Baron Robert de Nervo, married Talabot's daughter and was the first of the Nervo family to enter business. He became vice-president of the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) in 1896. Robert de Nervo died on 24 August 1909. Jacques' father Léon trained a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Juéry, Tarn
Saint-Juéry (; oc, Sant Juèri) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It lies adjacent to the east of Albi, the prefecture of Tarn. Population Steel industry The Saut-du-Tarn Steel Works was established by Léon Talabot in Saint-Juéry in 1824 as L. Talabot & Cie. In 1881 a rolling mill hall was built with two mills. In 1882 a coke-fired blast furnace was installed for production of cast iron. The first hydroelectric power station was built in 1898, supplying electricity to the factory and the village. During the period from 1884 to 1934 many peasants came to work in the steel works from Cahuzaguet, Saint-Grégoire, Arthès, les Avalats and Marsal. Many settled in Saint-Juéry, which grew from 1,400 inhabitants in the 19th century to 7,000 inhabitants as of 2015. With the collapse of the iron and steel industry, the factory closed in 1983. As of 2015 there were still steel enterprises in the village of Saint-Juéry that employed over 250 people making hyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Talabot
Joseph Léon Talabot (5 February 1796 – 23 September 1863) was a French engineer, iron master and politician. He advocated protectionist policies to maintain the prices of iron and steel. He was the founder of the Denain-Anzin steelworks. Early years Joseph Léon Talabot was born on 5 February 1796 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne. His father, Francois Talabot (1764–1839), was a lawyer, and his mother was Marie Agathe Martin-Lagrave. He had seven siblings, including the railway and canal engineer Paulin Talabot (1799–1885). He received formal training as an engineer. Talabot operated the joint-stock Saut-du-Tarn steel making company near Albi, Tarn, which had been founded in the 1820s by capitalists from Toulouse. In 1836 Talabot's Forges et Laminoirs d'Anzin was founded to make rails for use by the proposed Northern Railroad. Talabot was the engineer in chief of the Paris-Dijon railway. Politician Talabot was elected deputy for Limoges, Haute-Vienne, on 23 January 1836, replacin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Dupuy (bishop)
Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy (13 September 1901 – 13 February 1989) was a French Catholic priest who became Archbishop of Albi, which encompasses the department of Tarn in southern France. He held office at a time of social unrest and declining interest in the priesthood. In 1966 he was an episcopal member of the Pontifical Commission on Birth Control. After his retirement in 1974 due to health problems he returned his award of the Legion of Honour in protest against the law on abortion. Early years Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy was born in Chevrières, Loire on 13 September 1901. His older brother died in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme when he was preparing to become a priest. This may have inspired Claude Dupuy to become a priest. He studied at the ''Séminaire universitaire de Lyon''. He was ordained a priest on 20 March 1926. He received a doctorate in theology with a thesis on the "Triumph of the Cross", an apologetic work on Savonarola. Priest and Bishop In 1928 Dupuy w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmaux, Défournage Du Coke
''Carmaux, défournage du coke'' (translated as ''Drawing Out the coke'') is a French silent film made in 1896 by Lumière. The location was the Saut-du-Tarn Steel Works at Carmaux, near the river Tarn in southern France. It is a one-minute sequence of men lifting a large coal block out of a smelter. One man is spraying water to cool the block while others use rakes to spread it out. Others can be seen pushing coal carts along a track. See also * Lumière *Carmaux *Coal External links * Watch ''Carmaux, défournage du coke''on YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ... 1896 films French black-and-white films French silent short films Films directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière 1896 short films Black-and-white documentary films 1890s French films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |