Eugène Mougel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Eugène Mougel

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1808

Place of Birth: Vosges, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1890

Profession: engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Eugène Mougel

  • 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.
  • 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.

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