Corpet-Louvet
Sign in to savethumb|SNCF 232.U.1 in a manufacturers' photograph (Works no. 1908 of 1949) Corpet-Louvet was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Paris, France.
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- 1868-01-01
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- 1953-00-00
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- Locomotives
- Anjubault
- L Corpet
- Vve L Corpet & L Louvet
- Corpet, Louvet & Compagnie
- Preserved Corpet-Louvet locomotives
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thumb|SNCF 232.U.1 in a manufacturers' photograph (Works no. 1908 of 1949) Corpet-Louvet was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Paris, France.
==History== Founded in 1855 as Anjubault, based in the Avenue Phillippe-Auguste in Paris, the firm was taken over by Lucien Corpet in 1868. Corpet's daughter Marguerite married Lucien Louvet, the engineer of the Compagnie Meusienne des Chemins de Fer, which used Corpet locomotives. Corpet died in 1889, and the management of the firm was taken over by Louvet. In 1912, the firm moved to new premises at La Corneuve, and a limited liability company, Corpet, Louvet et Compagnie was formed. The last steam locomotive was built in 1953, but the company is still in business, manufacturing "Caterpillar" earth moving equipment under licence.
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