Eugène Flachat (16 April 1802 – 16 June 1873[1][2] ) was a French civil engineer.
Eugène Flachat and his half-brother Stéphane Mony built the railway line from Paris to Saint Germain(fr) between 1833 and 1835. They also built the Paris-Versailles Right Bank railway.[3]
Eugène Flachat built the first railroad station in Paris. He is 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 for him. His name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower.
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^L. - J. Gras, Deux enfants de Saint-Chamond dignes de mémoire : Jean-Claude Flachat (1718-1775) et son petit-fils Eugène Flacaht (1802-1873), bulletin de la Société d'études économiques du département de la Loire, 1918, librairie Chevalier. – 16 June 1873, page 28, note (2): Christophe-Eugène Flachat est né rue de Gramont, no. 538, ancien 2e arrondissement de Paris (préfecture de la Seine, extrait des minutes des actes de naisance). À cette époque, on numérotait par quartier et non par rue.(French)
