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Achievements and Inventions

Since its creation, École des Ponts ParisTech has taught not only great builders and planners, but also inventors and scientists of equal reputation. Together, they have left some remarkable achievements

Bridges 

  • Pont de la Concorde, Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (1708-1794)
  • Viaduc de Fontpédrouse at Villefranche-de-Conflent, Paul Séjourné (1851-1939)
  • Pont Alexandre III in Paris, Jean Résal (1854-1919)
  • Viaduc de Millau, Michel Virlogeux (1946)
  • Simone de Beauvoir footbridge

Roads

  • Route du Simplon, Nicolas Céard (1745-1821)
  • A6 motorway, Roger Renault (1900-1985)
  • Route du Mont-Cenis

Canals, Aqueducts, Dams

  • Canal de l’Yvette et de la Bièvre to supply Paris with drinking water, Antoine de Chézy (1718-1798)
  • Burgundy Canal, Emiland-Marie Gauthey  (1732-1806)
  • Aqueduc de la Vanne, Eugène Belgrand (1810-1878)
  • Tignes Dam, André Coyne (1891-1960)
  • Serre-Ponçon Dam

Ports

  • Cherbourg Harbour Wall, Louis-Alexandre de Cessart (1719-1806)
  • Marseille Docks, Paulin Talabot (1799-1885)
  • Dunkerque Harbour, Florent Guillain(1844-1915)

Buildings

  • Grignon Agronomic Institute, Antoine Rémy Polonceau (1778-1847)
  • Orly Sud air terminal, Henri Vicariot (1910-1986)

Infrastructures, networks

  • Prevention of sand incursion into the the landes de Gascogne, Nicolas Brémontier (1738-1809)
  • Main railway network, Baptiste Legrand (1791-1848)
  • Paris parks and gardens - Boulogne, Vincennes, Buttes-Chaumont, Adolphe Alphand (1817-1891)
  • Paris Metro, Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852-1936)
  • High-voltage power grid, Pierre Ailleret (1900-1996)
  • La Rance tidal power station

Inventions and Discoveries

  • Measurement of a degree of latitude, Pierre Méchain (1744-1804)
  • Combination of gaseous substances, Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)
  • Hydraulic limes, Louis Vicat (1786-1861)
  • Differential equation theory, Augustin Louis Cauchy (1789-1857)
  • Relative movement theorem, Gustave de Coriolis (1792-1843)
  • Reinforced concrete, Armand Considère (1841-1914)
  • Radioactivity of uranium, Henri Becquerel (1852-1908)
  • Pressure meter, Louis Ménard (1933-1978)