Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire [SEP] industry
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire (ACL) was a French shipbuilding company of the late 19th and early 20th century. The name translates roughly to English as "Workshops and Shipyard of the Loire".
ACL was formed in 1881 in Nantes by Jollet Babin to take advantage of the expansion of the French Navy.
The River Loire was already a major site for shipbuilding, with Dubigeon at Nantes and Chantiers de Penhoët at Saint-Nazaire. In 1881 Babin set up his shipyard
Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët
Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët was a shipyard established in 1861 by the Scottish engineer John Scott in Saint-Nazaire, France. It was owned by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique from its founding to 1900. The shipyard was managed by Scott until 1867 when management was transferred to Compagnie des Chantiers et Ateliers de l'Ocean and its successors until the yard temporarily closed in 1871 before reopening a decade later. In 1955 it was combined with Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire to form Chantiers de l'Atlantique