Showing posts with label Lallement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lallement. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Plaque honors bicycle inventor

The city recently installed a plaque near the pavilion at the entrance to the Ansonia Riverwalk to honor Pierre Lallement. The Frenchman lived in Ansonia in 1865 when he invented the bicycle. The plaque is on the left, imbedded in the concrete pad next to the bicycle rack. Photo by Eileen Krugel.

Below is a detail of the plaque:


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