Cherepanovs

Yefim Alekseyevich Cherepanov (Russian Ефим Алексеевич Черепанов; * 1774, † 1842) and his son Miron Efimovich Cherepanov (Russian Мирон Ефимович Черепанов; * 1803, † 1849) was Russian inventor and mechanical engineers.

The Cherepanov worked in the factories of Nizhny Tagil.

The emphasis of their inventions were steam engines. Among them was the first steam locomotive in Russia, with a payload of 3.3 tonnes and a maximum speed of 13-16 km / h