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Jules Petiet (5 August 1813 – 29 January 1871) was a French mechanical engineer who worked on the early development of the French railway network. He was chief of works of the Chemins de Fer du Nord from 1845 and became Locomotive Engineer from 1848. From 1868 until his death he was head of the engineering school École Centrale Paris.Petiet’s name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel tower.A street in Paris rue Petiet honours his name (Épinettes 17th district)
