Jean-Claude-Républicain Arnoux (Le Cateau-Cambrésis 16 December 1792 – 1866) was a French civil engineer known for his invention of the Arnoux system for articulating trains on tight curves. As an entrepreneur he founded and directed the Compagnie de Paris à Orsay, which constructed and operated the line from Paris to Orsay and is now part of the Ligne de Sceaux. It opened on 6 June 1846.
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16 December 1792 Le Cateau-Cambrésis
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Died |
1866 (aged 73)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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