Jean Claret ( fr. Jean Claret ; May 1, 1836, Chambery [1] - December 25, 1907, Clermont-Ferrand [2] ) - French engineer and entrepreneur, creator of the country's first electric tram line in Clermont-Ferrand and numerous other tram and railway systems, as well as civil and military construction.
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| Date of Birth | May 1, 1836 |
| Place of Birth | Chambery , France |
| Date of death | December 25, 1907 (71 years) |
| Place of death | Clermont-Ferrand , France |
| Citizenship |  France |
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Biography
Jean Claret began his career as a builder of civil and military facilities: fortifications in the suburbs of Lyon and systems of dams and locks on the rivers Rhône , Soné and Loire [3] .
On January 27, 1888, Clara received from the City of Clermont-Ferrand a concession to build the first electric tram line in France, which was successfully launched on January 7, 1890 by Mayor Amed Gasquet. The first line of the tram was 4.5 kilometers long and ran between the Quarters of Montferrand and Jod, after 4 months it was extended to Ruay [3] [4] [5] . By 1892, the clermont-ferran tram had transported 2.5 million passengers [4] . In the future, Klara was also built tram and railway systems in other cities in France: Paris , Grenoble , [3] .
Jean Claret was the general concessionary of the World, International and Colonial Exhibition in Lyon 1894 [6] . For the exhibition, they built not only pavilions, but also laid three tram lines from the city center, using an innovative, at that time, electricity supply scheme from below, at which the voltage moved along with the moving tram, which prevented accidents [5] .
Jean Clara received several patents in the field of electric transport [3] .
Implemented Projects
Civil Engineering
In the suburbs of Lyon [6] :
- The gateway system in Mülatier (1876)
- Fort in Brone (1877)
- The fortress wall of Croix-Luis - Gerland (1884–1887)
- Pavilions of the World, International and Colonial Exhibitions at Tet d'Or Park (1894)
In other places [3] :
- The skeleton of the church in Voiron , Isere department - final work
- The Dordogne dam in (1895), thanks to which the city became one of the first in France to receive electric lighting
Tram and rail systems
Jean Klare built tram and railway lines in many cities [3] :
- Tramway in Clermont-Ferrand (1890)
- A tram at the Lyon Show (1894)
- tram - Republik, Paris (Paris, 1896) [5]
- The Grenoble Tram - Shapareyan (1899)
- Tramway Agen - Trinite, Paris (1900)
- Funicular - Mount Charlan (1902)
- The tram in La Burbule (1904)
- Railway Clermont-Ferrand - the top of the mountain House (1907)
Awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honor (July 10, 1885) [1]
- Officer of the Legion of Honor (May 7, 1895) [1]
Notes
- 2 1 2 3 Claret, Jean: LH / 542/25 (Fr.) . Base Léonore . The appeal date is August 19, 2017. Archived November 16, 2017.
- ↑ Acte de décès nº1222 (Fr.) . Archives du Puy-de-Dôme, commune de Clermont-Ferrand (année 1907 (page 203/240)). The appeal date is August 19, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 CLARET, Jean (1836 - 1907) . DMG-Lib . The appeal date is August 19, 2017. Archived November 16, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Jean-Paul Gondeau. En 1890, Jean Claret a la en en clermont les premières motrices électriques de France (Fr.) . La montagne (24 avril 2016). Circulation date August 19, 2017. Archived August 19, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Jean-François Preveraud. Le tramway à l'assaut du désert (Fr.) . Industrie & technologie (2 décembre 2014). The appeal date is August 19, 2017. Archived April 19, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 L'abbé Adolphe Vachet. Claret (Jean) // Nos Lyonnais d'hier: 1831-1910 . - Lyon: Chartreux, maison des missionnaires, 1910. - P. 92. Archived August 19, 2017.