Eugène Mougel | |
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Born | |
Died | 27 November 1890 | (aged 82)
Citizenship | France |
Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
Occupation | Engineer |
Known for | Suez Canal |
Works | Nile Barrage |
Awards |
Knight of the Legion of Honour (June 26, 1844) Title of Bey |
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]