Louis Alexandre de Cessart
Illustration — Louis-Alexandre de Cessart Louis-Alexandre de Cessart (25 August 1719, Paris – 12 April 1806, Rouen) was a French road and bridge engineer. He served in the "gendarmerie de la Maison du Roi", fighting at the battles of Fontenoy and Raucoux in 1745 and 1746. In 1747 he entered the school of Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, which later became the École nationale des ponts et chaussées.
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Louis Alexandre de Cessart
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- Born
- Louis Alexandre de Cessart was born on 25 August 1719.
- Died
- Louis Alexandre de Cessart died on 12 April 1806.
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- Louis Alexandre de Cessart is recorded as a citizen of France.
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- engineer · architect
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- French
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Illustration — Louis-Alexandre de Cessart Louis-Alexandre de Cessart (25 August 1719, Paris – 12 April 1806, Rouen) was a French road and bridge engineer. He served in the "gendarmerie de la Maison du Roi", fighting at the battles of Fontenoy and Raucoux in 1745 and 1746. In 1747 he entered the school of Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, which later became the École nationale des ponts et chaussées.
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He contributed to the Encyclopédie with Perronet and Jean-Baptiste de Voglie. He was made under-engineer of the generality of Tours in 1751. Notably, it was he who conceived several bridges over the river Loire, along with the Pont des Arts over the Seine in Paris, the first dike project at Cherbourg, and several quays at ports in north-west France.
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Louis Alexandre de Cessart died at Rouen.
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Louis Alexandre de Cessart died in Rouen.
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- Louis-Victor Dubois d'Arneuville, Description des travaux hydrauliques de Louis-Alexandre de Cessart, A.-A. Renouard, Paris, 2 volumes, 1806–1808.
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Louis Alexandre de Cessart worked in hydraulic structure, port, levee, shipyard and bridge. Recorded position is director. He worked at Rouen, Le Havre and Cherbourg. Recorded as engineer and architect.
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