Gaston du Bousquet

Jean Gaston du Bousquet (born August 20, 1839 in Liège , † March 24, 1910 in Paris ) was a French engineer .

Life

Du Bousquet was a draftsman in the Fives-Lille engineering office and a locomotive designer . In 1872 he became a lecturer at the École Centrale de Lille of the Institut industriel du Nord . In 1890 he became chief engineer for train conveyance at the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord . He successfully cooperated with Alfred de Glehn and Édouard Beugniot of the Alsatian mechanical engineering company Grafenstaden . A composite steam locomotive for heavy freight trains was jointly developed in 1886 , which was built in large numbers from 1890 and was used worldwide as the Du Bousquet locomotive .

At the Exposition Universelle in Antwerp in 1894 , du Bousquet was awarded a gold medal. In the same year he became President of the French Society of Civil Engineers . In 1897 he was appointed officer of the Legion of Honor .

literature

Necrology - Gaston du Bousquet . Le Génie Civil. Revue générale des industries françaises et étrangères, 1880, No. 1452, April 9, 1910, p. 450.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Archives Nationales: Bousquet De, jean Gaston (accessed February 4, 2016).
^ Henri Bourdon: Monograph historique de l'Institut industriel du Nord de la France . L'Élève-Ingénieur. Journal hebdomadaire des élèves de l'Institut industriel du Nord de la France (IDN), November 3, 1895, p. 14 (accessed February 4, 2016).
↑ The Du Bousquet Locomotive (accessed February 4, 2016).
^ Locomotives Compound "Type français" (accessed on February 4, 2016).
^ Henri Bourdon: Monograph Historique . L'Élève-Ingénieur. Journal hebdomadaire des élèves de l'Institut industriel du Nord de la France (IDN), 1894, p. 62 (accessed February 4, 2016).

Web links

Commons : Du Bousquet Locomotives - Collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Bousquet, you Gaston
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bousquet, Jean Gaston du (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French engineer and locomotive builder
DATE OF BIRTH	August 20, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liege
DATE OF DEATH	March 24, 1910
Place of death	Paris

[arc-1] A ^b Archives Nationales: Bousquet De, jean Gaston (accessed February 4, 2016).

[2] Henri Bourdon: Monograph historique de l'Institut industriel du Nord de la France . L'Élève-Ingénieur. Journal hebdomadaire des élèves de l'Institut industriel du Nord de la France (IDN), November 3, 1895, p. 14 (accessed February 4, 2016).

[3] The Du Bousquet Locomotive (accessed February 4, 2016).

[4] Locomotives Compound "Type français" (accessed on February 4, 2016).

[5] Henri Bourdon: Monograph Historique . L'Élève-Ingénieur. Journal hebdomadaire des élèves de l'Institut industriel du Nord de la France (IDN), 1894, p. 62 (accessed February 4, 2016).