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Russia - Russian French Baird Factory - 1881 - share for 500 francs - DECO -

Russia - Russian French Baird Factory - 1881 - share for 500 francs - DECO -

$ 5.28

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    Russia - Russian French Baird Factory - 1881 - share for 500 francs  - DECO -
    Charles Baird (20 December 1766 – 10 December 1843) was a Scottish engineer who played an important part in the industrial and business life of 19th-century St. Petersburg. His company specialised in steam-driven machinery and was responsible for Russia's first steamboat.
    Gascoigne Baird came to be known as Charles Baird, perhaps to avoid confusion with Charles Gascoigne, and had his change of name to Charles Baird officially sanctioned by the church authorities in Scotland in February 1792. In 1792, Baird entered into partnership with Francis Morgan, whose daughter Sophia he had married in June 1794. Their St. Petersburg business became known as the Baird Works (Russian: Завод Берда) and specialised in steam-driven machinery. It supplied machinery for the Imperial Arsenal, Mint, and glassworks, and undertook a range of projects from bridge-building to ornamental metalwork. Baird also had a sugar refinery using his own innovative method of refining.
    The Baird Works were responsible for the Elizaveta, Russia's first steamship, launched in 1815, and this early start gave them a ten-year monopoly on steamship routes from St. Petersburg, including the Elizaveta's run to Kronstadt. They had their own wharves, and the St. Petersburg Times has said Baird helped "create a great industrial kingdom on the Neva River that is known today as Admiralty Shipyard (Admiralteiskiye Verfi), the shipbuilding company."
    Issuer :
    Russian French Baird Factory
    Type : share
    Nominal : 500 francs
    Country : France
    Place : Paris
    Issue date :
    1881
    Cancelled : No
    Coupons : Yes
    Quality : VF/EF, unfolded (see photo)
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