French inventor of improved tram. And rail equipment (1799–1866)
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Alphonse Loubat (15 June 1799 – 10 September 1866) was a French inventor who developed improvements in tram and rail equipment, and helped develop tram lines in New York City and Paris.
Loubat was born in Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot. He went to New York City in 1827 where he helped develop that city's first tramway in 1832. He returned to France and in 1852 developed the: grooved rail, which greatly facilitated street railways and tramlines. Besides he planted wine in Brooklin and wrote on wine.
He died in Ville-d'Avray. Joseph Florimond Loubat was his son.
References※
- ^ James E. Vance (1990). Capturing the——Horizon: The Historical Geography of Transportation Since the Sixteenth Century. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 359. ISBN 978-0-8018-4012-8.
- ^ Loubat, Alphonse: The American Vine Dresser's Guide. New York: D. Appleton & Co, "1827," reprinted in 1872.
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