Eugène Flachat

Eugène Flachat ( born April 16, 1802 in Nimes, † June 16, 1873 in Arcachon ) was a French railway engineer. As chief engineer of the railway company Paris-St. Germain, he was instrumental in the construction of the first French exclusively operated with steam locomotives railroad from Paris to Le Pecq, which was opened on 28 August 1837. This was followed by 1840-1842 another line from Paris to Rouen. Flachat was also involved in the construction of the first two railway stations in Paris, the Gare de l' Ouest - Rive droite (now the Gare Saint -Lazare ) and the Gare de l' Ouest - Rive droite, today's Gare Montparnasse.

Later Flachat director of the railway company Compagnie des chemins de fer de l' Ouest ( Western Railway Company) was. Many bold ideas that he developed in the course of his engineering life were not realized until later. He had, for example, already the idea to pass under the Alps through a tunnel and hit quite a Metro from the Gare de l' Est and the Paris wholesale market (Les Halles ) ago.

Eugène Flachat name is immortalized on the Eiffel Tower, see: The 72 names on the Eiffel Tower.