Eugène Flachat

Eugène Flachat (16 April 1802 – 16 June 1873 ) was a French civil engineer. He built the first railroad station in Paris. He remembered today for redesigning the Gare Saint-Lazare railway station in Paris in 1851 and other railroad related projects. He died in Arcachon. A street in Paris is named after him. His name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower.

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