| Country: | France | Primary Focus: | Bicycle Frames |
| Years of Operation: | 1915 - 1945 |
| General Information |
Gnome & Rhône is a well known french manufacturer of airplane engines and motor cycles. After world war II they built a bicycle from duralumin as a side business. These bicycles seemed to be produced even some years after the consolidation into S.N.E.C.M.A. under the brand Gnome & Rhône.
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| History |
1905:
“Société des Moteurs Gnome” engine company is founded in Gennevilliers
by the Seguin brothers, who will soon start development of the first rotary engine.
1912: Louis Verdet founds his engine company, “Société des Moteurs Le Rhône”.
1915: Gnome and Le Rhône merge to create the "Société des Moteurs Gnome & Rhône".
1945:
French engine manufacturers are consolidated and nationalized under a
new name: S.N.E.C.M.A. (Société Nationale d’Etudes et Construction de
Moteurs d’Aviation).
Source: http://www.snecma.com/spip.php?rubrique106&lang=en
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