Louis Didier Jousselin

Louis Jousselin

Louis Didier Jousselin (born April 1, 1776 in Blois , † December 3, 1858 in Vienne-en-Val ) was a French civil engineer.

Jousselin's grave in Vienne-en-Val

Jousselin attended the first year of the École polytechnique . He was involved in the construction of the Grand Canal du Nord in Maastricht and in 1813/14 in the defense of Hamburg under Louis Nicolas Davout , during which he supervised the construction of a 6 km long wooden bridge over the Elbe in 1813. In 1815 he became divisional inspector of the Corps des Ponts et Chaussees. After Napoleon's abdication, he was demoted and supervised the construction of dikes and bank fortifications in Orléans (Quai du Fort Alleaume, Quai du Roi). He was then transferred to the Nièvre department , where he studied the project of a side canal of the Loire (opened as Canal latéral à la Loire in 1838). In 1831 he became a deputy of the Loiret department and then retired to Vienne-en-Val, where he is buried.

He is one of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower .

Individual evidence

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