Achille Legrand
Achille Philippe Cyprien Legrand (Blaregnies, 24 September 1831 - Mons, 19 February 1897) was a Belgian senator.
Life
Legrand was an industrialist and owned the Achille Legrand Construction Workshops. At the Exposition Universelle in 1878, he demonstrated metal girders for railways and tram routes he had invented. He fabricated locomotives for narrow railroad tracks and delivered them to many countries including Congo, Russia, and Morocco. He also delivered freight and passenger wagons, some of which had a luxurious finish. He was assisted by his son-in-law, Louis Canon (engineer, 1860-1940) who took over the company and named it Canon-Legrand Workshops.
Legrand was a municipal councillor and alderman for the city of Mons.
In 1892, he acted as senator for the arrondissement of Mons until his death.
A street and a school in Mons are named after him. He also gave his name to locomotives produced in his workshops.
Literature
- C. PIERARD, L'installation du premier chemin de fer au Maroc, Mons, 1939.
- A. DUCHESNE, Léopold II et le Maroc, Brussels, 1965.
- Paul VAN MOLLE, Het Belgisch Parlement, 1894-1972, Antwerp, 1972.
- Jan VAN DER SMISSEN, Les ingénieurs et la construction de l'Etat indépendant du Congo, UCL, 2003.
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