Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1915 — Creusot, the Krupps of France. [ARTICLE]

Creusot, the Krupps of France.

The celebrated works of the Creusot, similar to Krupps, Germany, were originally organized for engineering purposes by William Wilkinson, an Englishman, in the year 1786. The works then belonged to a company, in which Louis XVI had an interest, and were known as the Royal foundry. During the revolution the Creusot works were nationalized by the government, and during the empire Napoleon kept them running for guns and ammunition for the army. After 1815 armaments no longer paid at the Creusot and it became bankrupt. A new company, assisted partly by English capital, was formed, and maintained the works until the present proprietors, who have a name more Teutonic than French —Schneider —acquired them in 1836. It is now the third generation of the Schneiders who control the Creusot, and, like Krupps, they have established several allied undertakings in connection with the production of armaments and engineering machinery.