A canal engineer is a civil engineer responsible for planning (architectural and otherwise) related to the construction of a canal.
Canal engineers include:
China
- Yu the Great (c.2200BCE-c.2100BCE), first Dynast of China, founder of the first dynasty, who dedicated his life establishing flood control structures across the Chinese Hegemony, including canals, establishing the new hegemony in the process, across flood ruined competing kingdoms.
- Ximen Bao
- Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC), Dujiangyan
France
- Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds (1799-1883), Suez Canal
- Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894), Suez Canal and the failed first attempt at a canal in Panama
Hungary
- István Türr (1825-1908), Corinth Canal
United Kingdom
United States
See also
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