Société Coloniale des Chaux et Ciments de Portland de Marseille

The Société Coloniale des Chaux et Ciments de Portland de Marseille (Colonial Company for Lime and Portland Cements in Marseille) owned and operated cement works in L'Estaque near Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône.

The joint-stock company was founded on 20 November 1913 with a share capital of 4 million francs for a period of 50 years.

Messrs M. Siegfried, A. Cailler, J. Lindenmeyer, G. Bonnet, P. Bourcart, H. Gunthert, G. Roussy and M. Obellianne were appointed to the Board of Directors.

The objectives of the company were as follows: The company operated a works-owned Decauville railway with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) from the quarries to the cement factory .

Finished products destined for export were transported by lorry to the Port de la Lave, where they were loaded onto cargo ships.

Decauville railway on the bridge to feed the cement plant in L'Estaque [ 1 ]
Decauville locomotive with V skip wagons from the quarry to the kilns