Publication:

Histoire des carrières d'Épernon

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    English titleHistory of the quarries of Épernon
    Authors & editors

    Duc, Jean-Paul [Author]

    Publisher l'Association Epernon Patrimoine et Alentours
    Year of publication 2012
    Languages

    Medium Book
    Edition1
    ISBN2879330084
    Topics

    People and communities > People, families & firms
    Mining & extraction > Chalk, clay & stone

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    Scope & contentSummary Translation

    Copies held

    Accession no. 231859

    • Shelf location: F200-DUC
    • Donor: Owen Ward

    Divisions within this publication

    • 1: English Translation Contents
    • 2: Foreward
    • 3: Little reminder of the history of France
    • 4: Little reminder of the use of sandstones and millstones
    • 5: The true beginning of quarries
    • 6: The evolution of quarries
    • 7: The beginning of industrialisation
    • 8: The main operators and their operating sites
    • 9: Immigration of quarrymen and millstone-makers
    • 10: Industrialisation of the manufacture of millstones
    • 11: The race for medals
    • 12: The worker’s society created by Joseph Theill
    • 13: Merging/ Grouping
    • 14: Sandstone quarries
    • 15: Difficult years
    • 16: L'Abrasienne (Company?)
    • 17: The 1914/18 War
    • 18: “The mixing of the population”- Parties and Festivities
    • 19: Social Evolution from 1935 to 1945.
    • 20: The production from 1913 to 1939
    • 21: Appendix 1: Theil/ Roger Contract
    • 22: Appendix 2: Dissolution of the Theil/ Roger Contract
    • 23: Appendix 3: Creation of the Theil and Cie Society (Société Theil et Cie)
    • 24: Appendix 4: Creation of the Société Générale Meulière
    • 25: Bibliography