Émile Nouguier (February 17, 1840 – February 20, 1898) 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 that time, found near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, and the Faidherbe Bridge over the Sénégal River in Senegal.
In 1861 he attended and graduated the École Polytechnique in Paris, ...
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Émile Nouguier (February 17, 1840 – February 20, 1898) 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 that time, found near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, and the Faidherbe Bridge over the Sénégal River in Senegal.
In 1861 he attended and graduated the École Polytechnique in Paris, in 1862 he joined the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris which he graduated in 1865 with the title of mining construction engineer.
After graduating, Émile Nouguier started to work for Ernest Gouin Company (now Société de constructions de Batignolles) and was involved in the construction of:
In 1867 Émile Nouguier was employed by the Gustave Eiffel Entreprise owned by Gustave Eiffel and between 1867 and 1893 he contributed to many construction brojects:
In 1884 after structural engineer Maurice Koechlin, a collaborator of Gustave...
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