Alphonse Couvreux
Alphonse Couvreux | |
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| Born | 1820 |
| Died | July 1890 |
| Citizenship | France |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Bucket chain excavator, Suez Canal |
Alphonse Couvreux (1820 – July 1890) was a French public works contractor, known for inventing the bucket chain excavator for which he filed a patent in May 1860.
The bucket chain excavator was used to remove great amounts of earth for the construction of railroads and the
quarries. A scale model of one of his 1859 machines is located in the Museum of Arts and Trades in Paris.[1]
References
- ISBN 978-1-61060-586-1.
Other sources
- Brochure De l'inventeur à l'entrepreneur, histoire de brevets, Musée des Arts et Métiers (Paris), 2008.
- Bulletin de l’Association des anciens élèves de l’École supérieure de commerce de Paris. N°90, July 1890, pp. 109–110.
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