Marc Seguin
Marc Seguin | |
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Born | |
Died | 24 February 1875 | (aged 88)
Nationality | French |
Known for | suspension bridge, tubular steam-engine boiler |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Inventor, Engineer |
Marc Seguin (20 April 1786 – 24 February 1875) was a French
Early life
Seguin was born in
Career
Bridges
Seguin was an inventor and entrepreneur who developed the first suspension bridge in continental Europe. He built and administered 186 toll-bridges throughout France.[1][2] At the 1823 Exposition des produits de l'industrie française a model was exhibited of a planned suspension bridge which would span the Rhône from Tain-l'Hermitage to Tournon-sur-Rhône. The bridge, designed by Seguin, was completed in 1825.[3]
Steam locomotives
Shortly after the
Other businesses
Inventor and entrepreneur, teaming with his brothers, Camille, Jules, Paul and Charles, as well as his brother in law Vincent Mignot he continued his father's successful business in textiles, paper, gas-lighting, coal mines, construction and added to it a railroad company and a bridge construction business.
Honours
Marc Seguin was voted into the
See also
References
- ^ Drewry, Charles Stewart (1832). A Memoir of Suspension Bridges: Comprising The History Of Their Origin And Progress. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. pp. 110–114. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ Sears, Robert (1847). Scenes and Sketches of Continental Europe. New York: Robert Sears. p. 514. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ Chandler, Arthur, Expositions of the Restoration, retrieved 2017-10-12
- ISBN 9781134981656. Retrieved Jul 19, 2015.
- ^ a b Snell, J.B. (1964). Early Railways. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Also see: Dendy Marshall, Chapman Frederick (1953). A History of Railway Locomotives Down To The End Of The Year 1831, Chapter XXIV "Marc Seguin". London: The Locomotive Publishing Company. pp. 236–240. Retrieved 2009-06-13.