Alexandre Lavalley
Alexandre-Théodore Lavalley | |
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| Born | October 9, 1821 École Polytechnique |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, politician |
| Known for | Suez Canal |
| Works | Viaduc d'Ormaiztegi |
| Awards |  Officer of the Legion of Honour |
Alexandre-Théodore Lavalley, (October 9, 1821forced labor was disallowed.
Biography
Education
Alexandre Lavalley finished his preparatory studies in
École Polytechnique and left after studying military engineering in 1842.[2]
He resigned his commission and spent a few years in England, where he became a mechanic and acquired practical knowledge about machinery.
Engineering career
Upon returning to France, he joined
Ismail. In 1876, he obtained a concession to work on the port of Pointe des Galets
in Réunion and to build a railroad linking the port to the interior of the island.
In 1881, the British railway entrepreneur
Shakespeare Cliff. On the French side, a similar machine dug 1,669 m (5,476 ft) from Sangatte. The project was abandoned in May 1882, owing to British political and press campaigns asserting that a tunnel would compromise Britain's national defences.[4] These early works were encountered more than a century later during the TML
project.
Politician
Lavalley was elected on January 25, 1885, as a
left of the Senate, but voted with the majority for the new military law and for the colonial policies. He was absent during the vote for the breakup of the French Crown Jewels. Finally, Lavalley voted for the reestablishment of district elections (February 13, 1889), for a draft of the Lisbonne Law that would have restricted the freedom of the press, and against the procedure of the Senate against the general Georges Ernest Boulanger
.
See also
Sources
- "Alexandre Lavalley", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
Notes and references
- ^ "Nathalie Montel, 'Alexandre Lavalley. Profession : Ingénieur civil', 1995". Retrieved April 21, 2014.
- ^ "Lavalley Alexandre". Retrieved April 21, 2014.
- ISBN 0-375-40883-5.
- ^ Wilson pp. 14–21
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