Jean François Mayor of Montricher

Jean François Mayor de Montricher born April 19, 1810 in Lully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and died in Naples in Italy May 28, 1858 was a Swiss engineer, naturalized French in 1833.
Polytechnician and engineer of the corps of bridges and roads, he is famous for the numerous works he carried out in Marseille and in its region including the Marseille canal and the Roquefavour aqueduct. Died during the drying up of Lake Fucin in Italy, the people of Marseillais organized a remarkable funeral for Marseille's supplier of perennial drinking water.
In 1836, appointed engineer of the department, he was attached to the district of Marseille. He is working on the 82 km diversion canal project for the waters of the Durance to supply the Phoenician city. The municipality and the Ponts-et-Chaussées are retaining its project for a direct route gravity canal rather than a passage through Aix-en-Provence as well as an aqueduct bridge rather than a siphon bridge. This will be the Marseille canal of which he directed the construction work from 1838 to 1848 with the colossal work of art, the Roquefavour aqueduct. 1836, appointed engineer of the department, he is attached to the district of Marseille. He is working on the 82 km diversion canal project for the waters of the Durance to supply the Phoenician city. The municipality and the Ponts-et-Chaussées are retaining its project for a direct route gravity canal rather than a passage through Aix-en-Provence as well as an aqueduct bridge rather than a siphon bridge. This will be the Marseille canal of which he directed the construction work from 1838 to 1848 with the colossal work of art, the Roquefavour aqueduct.

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