Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Jean-François Cail

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 9, 2025

1. Jean-François Cail Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Jean-François Cail
1804-1871
Pionnier de l'industrie ferroviaire
fit édifier cet immeuble
en 1857

(Jean-François Cail (1804-1871), a pioneer of the railway industry, had this building constructed in 1857.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars.

Location. 48° 51.634′ N, 2° 20.453′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois. It is on Rue de l'Amiral de Coligny, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6 Rue de l'Amiral de Coligny, Paris, Île-de-France 75001, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Square Michel-Caldaguès Jewish Children’s Memorial

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Oratoire du Louvre (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Hospice des Quinze-Vingts (about 180 meters away); Cyprien Ragueneau (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Square du Vert-Galant (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Jacques de Molay (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Le pavillon de la Bibliothèque et l'aile nord du Louvre (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Eglise Saint-Eustache (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Jean-François Cail (Wikipedia). Extract:

Jean-François Cail (8 February 1804 – 22 May 1871) was a French entrepreneur and industrialist who was a key figure in French industrialization.

Jean-François Cail left home in 1816 to start an apprenticeship as a boilermaker. He ended up in the company of Charles Derosne, a manufacturing chemist involved in creating distillation equipment. Getting on well they founded the company Derosne & Cail in 1832. The company specialised in making alcohol and confectionery from sugar beet, and building machines to sell for others to follow the process. This included one of the
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 9, 2025

2. Jean-François Cail Marker - wide view
world's first machines to make children's confectionery. In 1848 Cail obtained licence to copy the patents of Thomas Russell Crampton and began manufacturing Crampton locomotives as well. He was one of the first railway constructors in France.

Derosne died in 1848 and the company got into great trouble because of the 1848 revolution.

On 6 June 1850 Cail founded the new company Société J. F. Cail & Cie. It continued to be successful in locomotives and expanded to become an international company, branching especially into engineered structures.

(Submitted on April 15, 2025.)

Additional keywords. plaque commémorative

Jean-François Cail building and marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 9, 2025

3. Jean-François Cail building and marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 151 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 15, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.