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Maurice Koechlin (3 June 1856 – 14 January 1946) was a Franco - Swiss structural engineer from the Koechlin family.
May 5, 2022 · Maurice Koechlin died on January 14, 1946 in Veytaux, Switzerland. In homage to the Eiffel Tower’s two creators, the exterior passageway between the south and west pillars on the 1st Floor has been renamed "Rue Maurice Koechlin et Emile Nouguier".
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Feb 23, 2022 · Maurice Koechlin, who succeeded Gustave Eiffel as the head of the Eiffel construction company in 1893, didn't seem to begrudge his boss for acquiring the project. As his great-grandson, Jean-David Koechlin, explains: There was never the slightest ill-will between Eiffel and my ancestor, who went from being his employee to his successor.
Biography. Maurice Koechlin was the head of the design office of the Eiffel companies. Mr. Maurice Kœchlin was born in Buhl (Alsace), in 1856. After his classical studies at the College of Mulhouse, he moved to the Strasbourg Gymnasium, then he entered the Ecole Polytechnique of Zurich, a famous scientific institution that rivals Switzerland ...
Nov 27, 2018 · From 1893 on, after Eiffel had stepped down, until 1940 Maurice Koechlin took over the management of the firm. His last years Kochlin lived in his house in Veytaus (Swizerland), where he passed in 1946 at the Age of ninety.
Apr 26, 2019 · Maurice Koechlin was younger. In 1879, Eiffel hired this brilliant fresh engineer from Zurich's Polytechnicum to do Garabit's calculations and manage the company's engineering department. Koechlin returned home, did a rough calculation and drew up a sketch dated June 6, 1884 showing a gigantic metal pylon of 984 feet (300 meters), directly ...
In June 1884, Emile Nouguier and Maurice Koechlin, the two chief engineers in Eiffel's company, came up with the idea of building a very tall tower. It was to be designed like a large pylon.
