Emiland Gauthey
Civil engineer, Architect
1732 – 1806
Who was Emiland Gauthey?
Emiland Gauthey was a French civil engineer and architect in the Age of Enlightenment. He designed some churches and public buildings, but he mostly worked on bridge design and canal construction in Burgundy.
Gauthey was born in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, and studied at the École Royale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris before his appointment at Chalon-sur-Saône as civil engineer. Then, between 1783 and 1793, he led as Chief Engineer of Burgundy the construction of the Canal du Centre, or Charolais Canal which joined the Loire and Saône rivers in Burgundy. It was opened in 1792 and made possible for the first time boat traffic from the north of France to the south.
Emiland Gauthey also built several bridges in Burgundy:
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- Born
- Dec 3, 1732
Chalon-sur-Saône - Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
(1747 - )
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
- Lived in
- Versailles
- Chalon-sur-Saône
(1732 - )
- Died
- 1806
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on July 23, 2013
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