Eugène Mougel Explained

Eugène Mougel
Birth Date:27 November 1808
Birth Place:Châtel-sur-Moselle
Death Place:Paris
Occupation:Engineer
Citizenship:France
Known For:Suez Canal
Alma Mater:École Polytechnique
Works:Nile Barrage

Dieudonné Eugène Mougel aka Eugène Mougel Bey (27 November 1808 in Châtel-sur-Moselle – 27 November 1890 in Paris) was a French engineer graduated from the École Polytechnique and later working for the Egyptian administration. He built the Nile Barrage near Cairo, a project initially started by Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds, and contributed as general supervisor to the initial phases of the Suez Canal works.[1] Mougel was chief engineer for the Suez Canal Company from 1859 to 1861, where he worked with superintendent Alphonse Hardon to plan the mobilization infrastructure to build the Suez Canal: the freshwater access canals, freshwater distilleries, and early hand-digging operations. He was listed by Ferdinand de Lesseps as a founder of the Suez Canal Company.[2]

References

  1. http://www.ecrivosges.com/vosgiens/bio.php?id=2685&id_bio=2587&operateur=one&recherche=Mougel&fit=1&whichsearch=Afficher Biographie de Dieudonné Eugène Mougel
  2. Book: Karabell, Zachary. Parting the desert: the creation of the Suez Canal. Alfred A. Knopf. 2003. 81-82. 0-375-40883-5. registration.