Costruzioni Meccaniche di Saronno
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Costruzioni Meccaniche di Saronno was an Italian company producing steam locomotives and cars, active from 1887 to 1918.
Origins
The origins of the engineering company are to be found in a framework of political agreements of the economic-military alliance assumed by the
Production
Between 1887 and 1913, the company built steam locomotives of various track gauges for a number of railway companies.[1] Beginning in 1894, it began assembling Peugeot Type 3 cars, produced under a Peugeot license and with engines supplied by the French company.
World War I
During the
Nicola Romeo
In 1911 Nicola Romeo (later the owner of Alfa Romeo) founded the limited partnership Ing. Nicola Romeo e Co.[2] for the production of mining machinery. The company soon began to specialize in the production of railway rolling stock, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the emerging internal combustion engine technology to license some of the first Italian railcars. After some years of inactivity, Romeo re-started the Costruzioni Meccaniche plant as CEMSA in 1925.
See also
External links
References
- ^ De Biaggi, Claudio (18 November 2014). "CEMSA - Caproni - Romeo". www.museomils.it.
- ^ Rogliatti, Gianni (December 2008). "La storia di Nicola Romeo, l'altra metà dell'Alfa" [The story of Nicola Romeo, Alfa's other half]. La Manovella (in Italian). 48 (12). l’Automotoclub Storico Italiano: 42–47.