Paul-Adrien Bourdaloue | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1798-01-04)4 January 1798 |
| Died | 21 June 1868(1868-06-21) (aged 70) |
| Citizenship | France |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer,Surveyor |
| Known for | Société d'Études du Canal de Suez |
Paul Adrien Bourdaloue (4 January 1798,Bourges - 21 June 1868,Bourges) was a French civil engineer and topographer, who proposed the first orthometriclevelling of France.
Head of theCorps des Ponts et Chaussées, then engineer-resident of the Chemins de fer du Gard, from 1847 he carried out thelevelling of the area of the futureSuez Canal in Egypt at the request of the engineerLinant de Bellefonds. During this process he and others noted that the difference in levels between theMediterranean andRed Sea was negligible, contrary to the conclusions ofBonaparte's engineers on theEgyptian Expedition such asJacques-Marie Le Père.
In 1857, he was commissioned to move onto thegeneral levelling of mainland France. From 1857 to 1863, he laid out a network of 15,000iron seals across France, providing the country's first level-lines.
He wasmaire-adjoint of the town ofBourges. In 1865, he entrusted to the architectAlbert Tissandier the design of achâteau d'eau atSéraucourt, still visible. He is buried in the cimetière des Capucins at Bourges.
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