Jules Carvallo [SEP] date of death
Jules Carvallo
Jules Carvallo (1820–1915) was a French engineer.
Biography.
He was born at Talence, Gironde.
After having graduated with the highest honors at the École Polytechnique and École des Ponts et Chaussées, he was attached as engineer to the Southern Railroad; and under his direction the lines from Tech to Rivesaltes and from Tet to Perpignan were built, including the remarkable viaduct of Bouzanne. Afterward Carvallo became director of the work of canalizing the Ebro (Spain); and he established in the delta
the North, Bègles to the East, Villenave-d'Ornon to the South-East, Gradignan to the South-West, and Pessac to the West.
Sights.
- Jardin botanique de Talence
Personalities.
- Romain Brégerie, footballer
- Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, mathematician
- José Bové, radical activist
- Jérôme Cahuzac, politician
- Jules Carvallo, engineer
- Gérald Cid, footballer
- Émile Durkheim, sociologist, lived from 1887 to 1897 in Talence
- Henrik, Prince