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== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:CHOQUIN A METZ.jpg|left|thumb|''Courtesy of [http://blaik-pipes.ru/ Blaik-Pipes]'']] | |||
The pipe, from Metz to Saint-Claude. | The pipe, from Metz to Saint-Claude. | ||
Jean-Baptiste Choquin of Metz started out as a tobacconist. This enterprise was prosperous; he had several employees. Among those, there was a certain Gustave Butz who was its first workman and who became his son-in-law by marrying Choquin's daughter Marie in 1858. | Jean-Baptiste Choquin of Metz started out as a tobacconist. This enterprise was prosperous; he had several employees. Among those, there was a certain Gustave Butz who was its first workman and who became his son-in-law by marrying Choquin's daughter Marie in 1858. | ||