Alfred Belpaire
Alfred Jules Belpaire (born September 25, 1820 in Ostend ; † January 26, 1893 ) was a Belgian railway engineer. In addition to numerous locomotives and steam buses , he also designed the Belpaire standing boiler .
From 1837 to 1840 he attended the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris , where he graduated as a mechanical engineer. Belpaire then worked for the Belgian State Railways , where he was employed as a mechanical engineer for more than 50 years.
Alfred Belpaire was one of the founders of the Congrès International des Chemins de Fer in 1884 , of which he became president in 1891.
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Jules Belpaire on geneanet.org
- ^ Röll, Freiherr von: Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens , Volume 2, Berlin / Vienna 1912, p. 203 ( online at Zeno.org ).
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| SURNAME | Belpaire, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Belpaire, Alfred Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian railway engineer, designer of the Belpaire standing boiler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East End |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1893 |