Louis Mékarski
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Louis Mékarski (1843, Clermont-Ferrand
, France
— 1923) was a French
engineer and inventor of Polish origin. In the 1870s he invented so-called Mekarski system
of compressed-air powered trams which was used in several cities of France and USA as alternative to horse-powered and steam-powered trams.
In Nantes
there is a street Rue Louis Mékarski.
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
— 1923) was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
engineer and inventor of Polish origin. In the 1870s he invented so-called Mekarski system
Mekarski system
The Mekarski system was a compressed-air propulsion system for trams invented by Louis Mékarski or Louis Mékarsky in the 1870s. He worked in France, was born in 1843 in Clermont-Ferrand of Polish origin...
of compressed-air powered trams which was used in several cities of France and USA as alternative to horse-powered and steam-powered trams.
In Nantes
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....
there is a street Rue Louis Mékarski.