Albert Ricot
Albert-Augustin Ricot (5 May 1826 - 23 February 1902) was a French civil engineer who became a Ironmaster, forge master and then an independently minded politician of the centre-right. Albert was born in Paris, the third recorded child of Jean François Emmanuel Constant Ricot (1783-1839) by his marriage to Marie Eugénie Renouard (1795-1871). Jean was a ship owner based in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, a prosperous trading and fishing port to the north of Paris. After spending his childhood in Picardy Albert enrolled at the prestigious École des ponts ParisTech, School of Bridges and Roads (''"École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées"'' / ENPC) in Paris, and emerged qualified for work as a public civil engineer. He was sent to work in the Vosges region around and to the south of Épinal. His more noteworthy projects included the Bussang Tunnel and the 18 km / 11 miles of road lined with Platanus, plane trees which subsequently enabled the emperor Napoleon III and his substantial ...
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