Émile Nouguier

French civil engineer and architect. and a co-designer, of the Eiffel Tower / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Émile Nouguier (17 February 1840 23 November 1897) was a French civil engineer and architect. He is famous for co-designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887–1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, the Garabit viaduct, the highest in the world at the time,[citation needed] near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, and the Faidherbe Bridge over the Sénégal River in Senegal.

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Émile Nouguier
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Born(1840-02-17)17 February 1840
Died23 November 1897(1897-11-23) (aged 57)
NationalityFrench
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsEiffel Tower, Garabit viaduct and Faidherbe Bridge
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In 1861 he attended and graduated the École Polytechnique in Paris, in 1862 he joined the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris from which he graduated in 1865 with the title of mining construction engineer.