Eugène Flachat
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Eugène Flachat (16 April 1802[1][2] ) was a French civil engineer. He built the first railroad station in Paris. He remembered today for redesigning the Gare Saint-Lazare railway station in Paris in 1851 and other railroad related projects. He died in Arcachon. A street in Paris is named after him. His name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower.
References
- ^ L. - J. Gras, Deux enfants de Saint-Chamond dignes de mémoire : Jean-Claude Flachat (1718-1775) et son petit-fils Eugène Flacaht (1802-1873), bulletin de la Société d'études économiques du département de la Loire, 1918, librairie Chevalier. – 16 June 1873, page 28, note (2): Christophe-Eugène Flachat est né rue de Gramont, No. 538, ancien 2nd arrondissement de Paris (préfecture de la Seine, extrait des minutes des actes de naisance). À cette époque, on numérotait par quartier et non par rue.(French)
- ^ Archives numérisées de Paris, cote V3E/N 890 de "Flabbée" à "Flacheron", page (vue) 37.
External links
- Rue Flachat, Paris
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