Paul-François Huart-Chapel Explained

Paul-François Huart-Chapel
Birth Date:	1770
Death Date:	1850

Paul-François Huart-Chapel (1770–1850), was a Belgian industrialist, and politician.

He was born in Charleroi. He married Mary Chapel, the daughter of an industrialist.^[1]

In 1806 he inherited the factories of the Chapel family.^[1] He introduced a reverbatory furnace for melting metal in 1807, in 1821 the first Puddling furnace in Belgium (with J.M. Orban).^{[2] [3]}

Shortly after John Cockerill had built the first blast furnace in Belgium in Liege, he built a coke fired blast furnace in 1827 in Charleroi, 12m high and producing 6 to 10tonnes of pig iron a day.^{[4] [5]}

Between 1831 and 1834 he was Mayor of Charleroi. He died aged 80.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Huart-Chapel, Paul, Politician (1770 - 1850 †). www.charleroi-decouverte.be. French.
2. Book: The European economy, 1750-1914: a thematic approach. Derek Howard Aldcroft. Simon P. Ville. Manchester University Press ND. 1994. 169. 9780719035999.
3. Web site: IJzer en Staal: van smeden tot gieten. M. de Bouw. I. Wouters. 27 October 2008. Erfgoed van industrie en techniek. Dutch.
4. Book: Le patrimoine monumental de la Belgique. 1994. 20. Editions Mardaga, 1994. French. 27. 9782870095881.
5. Web site: Notice historique sur Couillet. Alfred Bolle. www.couillet.be. Siderurgie, pp.36-37. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706133345/http://www.couillet.be/folder.2005-03-22.6290325421/plonearticle.2005-03-31.9721396432/2006-02-13.5646603765/download. 2011-07-06.