Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Civil Engineer Person An individual. Birthplace France Occupation Civil Engineer Teacher Biographical Text B. Wattier was an influential French engineer in the construction of the first railways in Portugal. He was a professor at the Paris School of Engineering. He arrived in Lisbon in January 1856, after the suspension of works on the East Line, as a result of the conflicts between the Companhia Central Peninsular dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses and the line's contractors. Hired by the Ministry of Public Works, Commerce and Industry, his job would be to direct and study the construction works for the line, particularly the route between Lisbon and Santarém, which he begins on February 7. Wattier goes so far as to say, as the Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro states, that it was his “experience and cooperation” that motivated his hiring. In this role, Wattier had the help of engineers Margiochi and Gromicho Couceiro. He approved the route traced by Joaquim Nunes de Aguiar who defended the passage to the south of Santarém, next to Ponte da Asseca, relegating the crossing of the Tagus River to Constância. The layout of the line after Entroncamento was also designed by Wattier, passing through Coimbra. The decade of the 1850s is visibly influenced by Wattier’s, together with the engineer Thomaz Rumball, main design proposals for the entire eastern and northern lines. Regarding this last line, the French engineer proposed a totally inland route to Estarreja and Ovar and then going along the coast to the northern slope of Serra do Pilar. This position went against the previous proposals of engineer Sousa Brandão. Bibliography <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <p>ABRAGÃO, F. (1956). No Centenário dos Caminhos de Ferro de Portugal.<span>&nbsp;</span><em>Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro</em>, Nº1639, pp. 172-177.</p> </div> <div class="element-text five columns offset-by-two"></div> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <p>ABRAGÃO, F. (1956). No Centenário dos Caminhos de Ferro de Portugal.<span>&nbsp;</span><em>Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro</em>, Nº1640, pp. 190-193.</p> </div> <div class="element-text five columns offset-by-two"></div> </div> <div class="element-text five columns offset-by-two"></div> <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <p>ABRAGÃO, F. (1956). No Centenário dos Caminhos de Ferro de Portugal.<span>&nbsp;</span><em>Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro</em>, Nº1648, pp. 375-382.</p> </div> <div class="element-text five columns offset-by-two"></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource B. Wattier Profile Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actors, Technician, Civil Engineer, B. Wattier Description An account of the resource B. Wattier Profile Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-07-28 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource TEXT Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA90DOC1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant France Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource PT BUILDS