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Alstom à Belfort - 130 ans d'aventure industrielle

Few companies can boast of having broken world records like Alstom. Few companies, like Alstom, have enjoyed such longevity.

1879-2009. Alstom has been in existence in Belfort for 130 years. Generations of workers, technicians, managers and engineers have participated in this industrial, technological and social adventure.

The time had come to rewrite the history of this unparalleled adventure and to take a look at the current and future presence of this group with global dimensions in Belfort, the Lion City. From Belfort to the world. People in Belfort. From the present to the past. From the past to the future.

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L'Usine dans la ville, Fives-Lille, 1812-2007

Fives-Lille, Fives Cail, Fives-Cail-Babcock, several names designating the same factory located in the Fives district of Lille. This company has left an indelible mark on the industrial history of the region, while influencing the lives of the inhabitants of the district.

From the Pont Alexandre-III in Paris to the construction of tunnel boring machines and locomotives for Brazil, photographer Emmanuel Goulliart tells us this remarkable epic through archival and contemporary images.

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