Jean-François Cail

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Jean-François Cail (1804-1871) was a French entrepreneur and industrialist who was a key figure in French industrialization. He started his career in 1824 as an ordinary worker in a factory that made machinery for the sugar industry. The firm expanded and was renamed Derosne-Cail in 1832. It manufactured a variety of industrial machines. In 1848 Mr. Cail licensed the patents of Thomas Russell Crampton and began manufacturing Crampton locomotives as well. Having become a wealthy man, Mr. Cail built a luxurious townhouse^[1] in Paris that is used today by the city government. A street in Paris is also named after him, Rue Cail.