Johann Gottfried Tulla
German engineer
Born on: March 20, 1770Died on: March 27, 1828
Aged: 58 years 7 days (696 months)
Birth Sign: Pisces
Johann Gottfried Tulla was a German engineer who accomplished the straightening of the Rhine, improving navigation and alleviating the effects of flooding.
His measures gave the Upper Rhine a completely new appearance. The river was deepened and channelled between embankments which narrowed the channels to a width of 200 to 250 m ; new sections were dug to straighten out its meandering course, and numerous small islands were removed.
The effect was to reduce the river's length between Basel and Worms from 355 to 275 km.
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