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Itinéraire d'un entrepreneur de travaux publics éclectique: Edmond Bartissol (1841-1916)

Jean-Louis Escudier

Histoire, économie & société, 1995, vol. 14, issue 2, 229-251

Abstract: [fre] Résumé L'itinéraire d'Edmond Bartissol montre comment, sans être un véritable ingénieur, l'on pouvait, au XIXe siècle, s'imposer dans les travaux publics. Ayant un temps travaillé sur le chantier du canal de Suez, il s'associe à Duparchy pour fonder une entreprise de travaux publics, équipe le Portugal en chemins de fer, y aménage le port de Leixces, où il introduit de nouvelles techniques, avant de s'intéresser à l'Espagne et au Mozambique. Tout en menant une carrière politique à éclipses, il équipe les Basses-Pyrénées en hydroélectricité, fonde la société d'apéritifs qui port son nom et laisse à sa mort une immense fortune. [eng] Abstract The carreer of Edmond Bartissol illustrates how, without actually qualifying as an engineer, it was possible, in the nineteeth century, to make one's mark in civil engineering. After a period spent working for the Suez Canal contruction site, Bartissol entered into a partnership with Duparchy to set up a civil engineering firm, going on to provide Portugal with railways, also filing out in that country the leixœs harbour, where he brought in new technology, before extending his activités to Spain and Mozambique. Concurrently engaged in an albeit intermittent political career, he also equipped the French departement of Basses- Pyrénées hydroelectric facilities, and founded the firm of aperitif wines which his name to this day, leaving a considerable estate at the end of his life.

Date: 1995
Note: DOI:10.3406/hes.1995.1771
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