Ateliers de Constructions A. Popineau
The Ateliers de Constructions A. Popineau were a French manufacturer of rail vehicles and construction machinery.
Company history
The company was founded on June 1, 1897 as Popineau, Vizet Fils & Cie at 144 avenue de Paris in Saint-Denis as a mechanical construction workshop. The company had its offices at 17 rue du Landy in La Plaine Saint-Denis . There was an office in the capital around 1901 at 23 rue de Dunkerque in Paris.
The two companies separated in 1909, but in 1920 they formed a cartel as Comptoir du matériel pour les travaux publics, les mines et l'industrie . Popineau & Cie was still active in the late 1930s.
Products
Important products were narrow-gauge tipping lorries with a capacity of 300 to 2000 liters, track material and concrete mixers for mixing 3 to 12 m³ of concrete per hour.
Another product were around 1,932 two- and three-axle narrow gauge - steam locomotives of the following series:
- Type 1 with two coupled axles with an empty weight of 5 tons
- Type 2 with two coupled axles with an empty weight of 6.5 tons
- Type 3 with three coupled axles with an empty weight of 8 tons
The locomotives had a track width of 600 mm and a Walschaerts control with cylindrical slide valves. They were designed for use on construction sites.
Customers
Popineau steam locomotives were used by the following companies, among others:
- Carrieres de Villeneuve-sur-Verberie , scrapped in 1961
- La Puce, Sablière de l'Oise
Patents
- FR16989E: Système de wagonnet avec bascule à berce et taquets d'arret automatique de la caisse.
- FR444633A: Système de wagonnet avec bascule à berce et taquets d'arret automatique de la caisse.
- FR320236A: Dispositif de basculement pour wagon ou wagonnet.
- FR342821A: Appareil pour la fabrication de gaz mixedte.
Web links
- Photo No. 13: Popineau Locomotive
- Photo # 7: Vizet Fils & Cie locomotive photographed on a large Paris construction site in the 1930s
- 140, Avenue du Président Wilson (formerly 140, Avenue de Paris)
- 17 Rue du Landy
Individual evidence
- ↑ July 1, 1897. MM. Popineau, Vizet fils et Compagnie. Installation d'un atelier de constructions mécaniques, 144 avenue de Paris.
- ^ Russell: Doc en vrac. Les locomotives à vapeur Popineau.
- ↑ Constructeurs de chaudieres: Popineuau, Vizet… Fils & Cie, Constructeurs, chaudières à retour de flamme foyer amovible. Chaudières verticales, à bouilleurs, semi-tubulaires; Occasions; Avenue de Paris, 144, Plaine St-Denis (Près Paris) (Bureau de Paris, rue de Dunkerque, 23). P. 1273.
- ^ A b Popineau puis Popineau-Vizet fils & Cie.
- ^ Noel A. Needle: Industrial locomotives Overseas: (2) France
Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '53.3 " N , 2 ° 21' 50.4" E