GUILLEMAIN

FRANCE (see also List of Individuals)

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13.9.1823 Corbigny/F - 26.1.1907 Corbigny/F

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Guillaume-Paul-Antoine Guillemain was educated at Ecole Polytechnique and at Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées and from there moved in 1846 to the Service of water distribution in the High Pyrenes. In 1850 Guillemain was transferred to Tarbes to the irrigation service and in 1853 to Rochefort, where he was involved in the design of a flood retention basin and whose successful work resulted in the Cross of Légion d'Honneur in 1863. In 1870, Guillemain was appointed chief engineer; he took over the navigation service of Loire River stationed in Nèvres, then in 1882 the navigation service of the Marne River from Vitry to Dizy as a General Inspector of the second class stationed in Paris. After having been elected officer of Légion d'Honneur in 1885, Guillemain was appointed Inspecteur Général in 1888; he directed from 1889 Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées and was awarded one year prior to retirement the commander degree of Légion d'Honneur.

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Guillemain was known in the 19th century for the aiguille à crochet to extend the economical application of dams. He also developed the flood announcement method of the Loire River; he investigated the statics of lock doors in inland navigation and contributed to the design of masonry dams. From 1877, Guillemain lectured on internal navigation at Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées from where he got acquinted with this institution resulting finally in his directorship. These courses were later described to be highly evident, such that Guillemain's successor Stanislas Barlatier de Mas (1840-1919) devoted his three volume work on the subject matter to him. Guillemain was the technical director of the 5th International Navigation Congress held in Paris in 1902.

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_{De Mas, S. Barlatier (1904). Cours de navigation intérieure de l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Béranger: Paris.}

_{Dusuzeau, J. (1908). Notice sur M. Guillemain. Annales des Ponts et Chaussées 78(2): 7-11. Ecole Polytechnique (1995). Guillemain, Paul. Thalès: Paris. CD-Rom. P}

_{Guillemain, P. (1862). Mémoire à l'appui d'un projet de distribution d'eau, présenté au conseil municipal de Rochefort. Thèze: Rochefort.}

_{Guillemain, P. (1882). Canal d'irrigation de la rive droite du Rhône. Berger-Levrault: Nancy. Guillemain, P. (1885). Note sur le mémoire de M. Couche, Ingénieur en chef des Ponts et Chaussées, intitulé Les eaux de Paris en 1884. Annales des Ponts et Chaussées 35(1): 507- 514.}

_{Guillemain, P. (1885). Navigation intérieure, rivières et canaux. Baudry: Paris.}