Fives-Lille
Fives-Lille is the name of a former manufacturer of bridges , track structures and locomotives in France . The company was based in Fives , a district of Lille in the Nord department .
history
The "Maschinenbaulichen Werkstätten von Fives" (Ateliers de construction mécanique de Fives) were founded in 1861 by Basile Parent and Peter Schaken. The workshops are in Fives ( Lille ) and Givors on the Rhone. In 1865 the company was called Compagnie de Fives-Lille , from 1868 Compagnie de Fives-Lille pour constructions mécaniques et entreprises .
From 1868 the production capacities were increased and more recently metal bridges, war projectiles such as grenades and aircraft engines have also been produced. From 1870 machines for sugar factories were also built. In 1914, the armaments industry employed around 1000 workers in Lille. In 1918 the Givors factory employed 8,000 people.
The companies Cail and Fives-Lille merged in 1958 to form the company Fives Lille-Cail . The Cail company produced fast steam locomotives . In 1973, Fives Lille-Cail and Babcok-Atlantique merged to form Fives-Cail Babcock . Later, in 1980, it took its original name again Compagnie de Fives-Lille , at the same time the Nordon and Pillard companies were acquired. In 1983 the name was again changed to Groupe Fives-Lille and the Stein Heurtey company was bought up. The workshop in Givors was sold in 1990 after the company had restructured. The company Cinetic is taken over in 1997, which builds production lines for the automotive industry. In 2001 Paribas sold the Compagnie de Fives-Lille .
In 2008, aluminum production was split off from the parent company; it was now called Fives .
Fives-Lille locomotives
Est 150 no.001 - 195 from Fives Lille
Electric locomotive 2D2 5000 from 1930, mechanical part from Fives Lille
Est 241-040 , 1932
Driver's cab of the Est 241
SNCF 241 A 65
Steam locomotive SNCF 242 A 1 , converted 241 101 from Fives Lille
Other buildings
The company has u. a. the following bridge structures were built:
- Pont levant de la rue de Crimée , in the 19th arrondissement of Paris , built in 1885.
- Podul Regele Carol I (now Anghel-Saligny Bridge ) in Romania, built between 1890 and 1895
- Pont Alexandre III , completed in 1900.
It has also worked on the following projects:
- Elevators of the Eiffel Tower for the Universal Exhibition of 1889
- Collaboration at the Paris machine shop
- Collaboration with the Pont de Tancarville
