Paul-François Huart-Chapel

Paul-François Huart-Chapel
Born 1770
Died 1850

Paul-François Huart-Chapel was a Belgian industrialist, and politician.

Biography

Paul-François Huart was born in Charleroi in 1770. He married Mary Chapel, the daughter of an industrialist.[1]

In 1806 he inherited the factories of the Chapel family.[1] He introduced a reverbatory furnace for melting metal in 1807, in 1821 the first Puddling furnace in Belgium (with J.M. Orban).[2][3]

Shortly after John Cockerill had built the first blast furnace in Belgium in Liege, he built a coke fired blast furnace in 1827 in Charleroi, 12m high and producing 6 to 10tonnes of pig iron a day.[4][5]

Between 1831 and 1834 he was Mayor of Charleroi. He died in 1850 aged 80.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Huart-Chapel, Paul , Politician (1770 - 1850 †)". www.charleroi-decouverte.be (in French).
  2. ↑ Derek Howard Aldcroft; Simon P. Ville (1994). The European economy, 1750-1914: a thematic approach. Manchester University Press ND. p. 169.
  3. ↑ M. de Bouw; I. Wouters (27 October 2008). "IJzer en Staal: van smeden tot gieten" (PDF) (in Dutch). Erfgoed van industrie en techniek.
  4. ↑ Le patrimoine monumental de la Belgique (in French) 20. Editions Mardaga, 1994. p. 27.
  5. ↑ Alfred Bolle. "Notice historique sur Couillet". www.couillet.be. Siderurgie, pp.36-37.


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