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Franois Poulin De FranchevilleFranois Poulin de Francheville, Seigneur de Saint-Maurice was a Montreal merchant who was granted permission by the King of France to mine the iron deposits on his seigneury in 1730. In 1733, Francheville founded the "Compagnie des Forges de Saint-Maurice", but died that same year. The ironworks - Forges du St-Maurice - built near the town of Trois-Rivires (in present-day Quebec), were the first and only iron industry enterprise in New France. In 1736, the ironworks were taken over by a company that went bankrupt in 1741. The ironworks then became the property of the Crown, and began producing artillery pieces and objects of everyday use, such as pots and stoves. See also * Thrse de Couagne
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