Franco Tosi
Franco Tosi Meccanica of Legnano, Italy
Tosi started a small repair shop
1881 Exhibited his first steam engine.
1890 Description and illustrations of the electric light station at Venice, erected by F. Tosi and Co.[1]
By 1908 was building boilers and stationary steam engines as well as gas engines and the Parsons turbine; they had exported at least one steam plant to England.[2]
1910 Exhibited a 3 MW turbine-alternator at the 1910 Brussels Exhibition[3]
1918 Description and illustrations in 'Engineering' of three steam turbines made by Franco Tosi for a geothermal power station at Larderello, Italy.[4]
1924 Tosi geared turbines and associated plant for the cargo ships SS Principessa Giovanna and SS Principessa Maria built at Tosi shipyard at Taranto.[5]
Several examples of the company's early products, including stationary steam engines, are displayed at Milan Museum of Science and Technology.