Are we turning away from cars?

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Sometimes we forget that the history of our cars can be much broader than we realize ourselves. That thought crossed our mind when Father Christmas presented us with a very nice set of a pepper- and salt mills. Upon further inspection the set sported the famous lion emblem of Peugeot (Peugeot.mainspot.net) and indeed the set was manufactured by a French company called Peugeot-Moulins (Peugeot-mills). This firm has a history that goes way back to the start of the nineteenth century. In 1810 brothers, Jean Pierre and Jean Frédéric Peugeot converted their mill at Sous-Cratet into a steel foundry and for years they produced divers products like handsaws, coffee grinders, corset boning and hoop skirts for ladies, sewing machines and salt- and pepper mills. In 1890, after a test with a vehicle run by a steam engine, Armand Peugeot produced four examples of his first car with a petrol engine. In 1896 Armand Peugeot founded the “Société des Automobiles Peugeot” in fact separating the cars from the other products. The rest, as they say, is history, but “Peugeot-Moulins” went on and in the 1920’s among the many articles manufactured by the Peugeot Brothers were several models of washing-machines. Oh yes, today they still make pepper and salt mills. (Photo courtesy Musée de L'Aventure PEUGEOT) (RB)

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