Adolphe Kégresse
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Adolphe Kégresse (1879,
Born at
"... I consider Kégresse an irreplaceable worker and I am afraid his leaving will be a great loss for the garage. Your Highness knows, of course, how much His Majesty appreciates Kégresse."[2]
In 1908, the architect Lipsky VA designed a second two-storeyed Art Nouveau building for the Russian Imperial garage at Tsaskoye Selo / Pushkin, Saint Petersburg it had a total area of 367.6 sq. M. It housed the garage-residence Adolphe Kégresse. The building is noteworthy and identifiable for inclusion of a grand staircase with an external bas-relief image of one of the first car races held regularly in Tsarskoe Selo before the First World War.[3]
After World War I Kégresse was forced to return to his home country, where he was from 1919 employed by the Citroën company during the 1920s and 1930s to design half-track vehicles, together with engineer Jacques Hinstin.
After leaving the Citroën company he developed in 1935 the AutoServe gearbox-transmission system. In 1939 he pioneered the development of modern small guided tracked bombs. Kégresse died in 1943 at Croissy-sur-Seine.
Gallery
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Tsar Nicholas II Car Garages, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg where Kégresse was Head of the Mechanical Department
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bas-relief image of a car race, Tsar Nicholas II Car Garages, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
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Kégresse's 1913 design
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Kégresse track 1914-18 at Tsar Nicholas II Car Garages, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
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Former Tsar Nicholas II Car Garages, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg in July 2017
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Kégresse Track 1914-18 at Tsar Nicholas II Car Garages, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
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Former Tsar Nicholas II Car Garages, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg in July 2017
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Kégresse Track outside Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, January 1917
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"Russo-Balt "C24-30" from the garage of Tsar Nicholas II with Kégresse track design of Adolphe Kégresse. Adolphe Kégresse possibly seated on the right of the photograph
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A Packard Twin-6 car with Kégresse track from the personal car park of the Tsar Nicholas II
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Russia 1914
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Russia 1914
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An Austin-Putilov Armoured Car with Kégresse tracks of the Red Army which was damaged during the Polish–Soviet War. In the area of Zhytomyr, 21 March 1920
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Putilov plant, at Gorki Leninskiye