HEILMANN, Jean-Jacques (1853 - 1922)

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Electrical engineer.

In 1890 Jean Jacques Heilmann registered a patent for a self powered electric vehicle. The design was intended to eliminate the unbalanced oscillatory moments caused by the cranked action of a conventional mechanical steam locomotive. Heilmann wished to create a machine specifically suited for high-speed trains without the high costs of an electrified infrastructure. His earliest design was of a trainset consisting of a vehicle with a triple expansion steam engine and generator.The first real locomotive built to Heilmann's design was a prototype steam-electric locomotive, with boiler, steam engine, generator and motors built into a single locomotive. The construction began in 1892 and was complete in August 1893 and named: The Electric Rocket, a reference to the 1830 Stephenson locomotive "Rocket".

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HEILMANN, Jean-Jacques

Curriculum vitae

* 1853		born
1890		Dépôt du brevet (№ 207055) de son invention pour un véhicule à propulsion auto électrique.
1892 - 1893	Le Havre	Construction la première motrice électrique et portait le nom : la fusée
1894		Nomination au grade de chevalier de la légion d'honneur.
1894		Essai de la première locomotive électrique dite la fusée sur la ligne Le Havre-Beuzeville
1894		Mise en fonctionnement sur la ligne Paris - Le Havre
1895		Conception de la locomotive électrique Heilmann n°2 dite « 8001 »
1896		Construction d'une usine pour fabriquer la première locomotive électrique
1898		Vente de sa société à la société américaine Westinghouse qui fabrique moteurs, génératrices, alternateurs et transformateurs électriques.
† 1922		died

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Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920

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HEILMANN, Jean-Jacques (1853 - 1922)