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Émile Metz
Émile Metz (23 February 1835 - 13 February 1904) was a Luxembourgish politician, industrialist and engineer. He was the eldest son of Norbert Metz. Born in Eich in 1835, he studied engineering in Paris, then proceeded to work for Waring Brothers, who built railway lines. After this, he started working in his father's business, ''Metz & Cie''. At the suggestion of Jean Meyer, who was head of research at ''Metz & Cie'', Émile Metz managed to convince his father to buy the rights to the Thomas- Gilchrist procedure for dephosophorising ''Minette'' (low-quality iron ore found in the south of Luxembourg). Émile Metz became manager of the Dudelange foundry, the ''S.A. des Hauts Fournaux et Forges de Dudelange'', which was established in 1881 to produce steel exclusively using the new method. In 1885, after his father's death, Metz became manager of the ''Société Metz & Cie''. Metz was also active in politics: from 1874 to 1888 he was mayor of the commune of Eich, and from 1885 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert Metz
Jean-Joseph Norbert Metz (2 February 1811 – 28 November 1885) was a Luxembourgish politician and engineer. With his two brothers, members of the powerful Metz family, Charles and Auguste, Metz defined political and economic life in Luxembourg in the mid-nineteenth century. Metz was one of the leading 'quarante huitards': the radical liberals responsible for the promulgation of Luxembourg's constitution in 1848. He was appointed by the King to the Assembly of the States in 1842, representing the canton of Capellen. He was then elected to represent Capellen on the Constituent Assembly, in 1848. Pro- Belgian and anti-German Confederation, after the first elections, Metz was appointed Administrator-General for Finances and Administrator-General for Military Affairs. On 21 May 1834, he married the 21-year-old Marie-Barbe-Philippe-Eugénie Tesch, who had three children before dying on 29 January 1845. He remarried to Tesch's eighteen-year-old cousin, Marie-Suzanne-Albertine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eich, Luxembourg
Eich (; , ) is a quarter in northern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. , the quarter has a population of 2,976 inhabitants. Commune Eich was a commune in the canton of Luxembourg until 1 July 1920, when it was merged into the commune of Luxembourg. Until 8 May 1849, the commune of Eich also included Rollingergrund, which was made a separate commune on that date, before being merged into the city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ... of Luxembourg on 26 March 1920. References Quarters of Luxembourg City Former communes of Luxembourg {{Luxembourgcanton-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waring Brothers
Waring Brothers was an English company specialising in railway structures. History The company was founded by Charles Waring, William Waring and Henry Waring in 1841 in York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ... as a civil engineering business. By 1853 the company was working for the Central Peninsular Railway Company in Portugal. It went on to complete numerous railway structures including three viaducts in Luxembourg (including the Passerelle (Luxembourg), Passerelle) and the station (but not the roof, which was tendered separately) of St Pancras Station, St Pancras in London. Major projects Major projects included: * The Dorset Central Railway, completed in 1858. Incorrect: Messrs Waring completed the line from Wimborne to Blandford St Mary's temporary station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |