THE THÈMES
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THE ORIGIN OF WORKSHOPS IN THE AREA OF ROUEN (from 1840 till 1912)
It is necessary, before telling the history of the workshops of Sotteville Quatre-Mares, to placing the establishments which preceded them in the agglomeration of Rouen......
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORKSHOPS OF QUATRE MARES (from 1913 till 1919)
The first works, authorized by a ministerial telegram of April 16th, 1913, are committed from August because of the urgency of needs. The first tasks begin then with a clearing of the ground and a drying out of puddles.....
ROLE AND DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOPS
The role attributed from 1920 to the workshops of Quatre-Mares is mainly the repair of locomotives. 250 big repairs are planned there annually. These workshops also have to assure the repair of numerous parts of machines resulting from deposits and, in particular, from crews of wheels....
THE REPAIR OF STEAM ENGINES (from 1920 till 1938)
.... In some lines, a presentation on the majorities met on steam engines ...... the distribution, the execution and the control during their revision the birth of the SNCF(FRENCH NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY)....
THE WAR PERIOD (from 1939 till 1944)
As all the French people, the Sottevillais and the Stéphanais are not going to believe in this war " without fight ", until the enemy takes the offensive and invades their municipalities on June 13th, 1940, precipitating them then into the hell of the second world conflict....
THE RECONSTRUCTION (from 1944 till 1947)
Big stage of the reconstruction execution of individual shelters for machine tools and metal worker's certain workbenches, to protect them from bad weather, having made the essential clearings ...... resumed by the activity...
THE PEAK OF THE VAPOR (from 1948 till 1963)
.... Throughout its existence, Q.M. will have respite only to improve the quality of its production and to reduce fixed assets, as well as cost prices, so much technical point of view as Personal point of view...
THE CONVERSION IN the DIESEL (from 1964 till 1972)
It is in 1963 when is set up to Q.M. the " Service Diesel Conversion " asked to allow the establishment to realize the transition of the activity "Vapor" in the "Diesel" activity ......
THE DIESEL-ELECTRIC ACTIVITY (from 1972 till 1995)
... Principle of functioning of this chap of locomotive definition of the politics of maintenance the main lines of these last years.... the Diplodocus..... the evolution of workshops and means of production....
The recruitment, the training school, the life in everyday life, the career development, the cheminote identity, the staff, the strikes and the trade unionism.....
THE WORKSHOPS AT THE DAWN OF THE XXI° CENTURY
At the dawn of the 21st century, "Quatre-Mares" is maintained in its role of "director workshop" of the diesel-electric locomotives of great power. (2000 to 3600 Cv) ..................... for making younger the diesel park who becomes a pressing need for the SNCF......
