Abel Julien Pagnard

Abel Julien Pagnard (July 3, 1859 — November 16, 1913) was a French engineer and the architect of the commercial Port of Arroyo (now Puerto Rosales) near the city of Punta High in the south of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Pagnard worked as an engineer for many years for Hersent.[1] As an engineer for the company, he carried out improvements of the ports in Bordeaux[2] and Antwerp.[1] In 1902, he was sent by the company to Rosario, Argentina to assist with port renovations.[1] In 1905, he resigned from Hersent and got a job with Argentina's Ministry of Public Works.[1]

Pagnard proposed that a port be built near Arroyo Pareja.[1] On 15 September 1908, a law was passed by the government (Law 1908 No. 5574) granting Pagnard the right to build and operate the port.[1][3][4] He also contributed more broadly to the development of Rosario's waterfront.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Puerto Rosales: Fuente genuina de riqueza, bienestar y desarrollo" [Puerto Rosales: A genuine source of wealth, well-being, and development]. Punta Noticias (in Spanish). 15 Sep 2017. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  2. ↑ López, Alberto Nájera; MartÃnez, Teresa Ruiz (2010-04-09). Francia en Autocaravana Costa Atlántica: de Biarritz a Etretat y el Valle del Loira (in Spanish). Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-4457-3639-6. Bordeaux is a port city in southwestern France, capital of the Aquitaine region and the prefecture of the Gironde department.... it is the seventh most populous urban area in France. It is bisected by the Garonne River. Its port is accessible to ships, having been renovated by Abel Julien Pagnard starting in 1897, but most vessels stop further downstream, primarily in Bassens and Le Verdon-sur-Mer.
  3. ↑ "Rosales, un puerto con 110 años de historia junto a la comunidad de Punta Alta" [Rosales, a port with 110 years of history together with the community of Punta Alta]. La Nueva (in Spanish). Bahía Blanca, Argentina. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  4. ↑ "116º aniversario de Puerto Rosales: un puerto con historia y con futuro" [116th anniversary of Puerto Rosales: a port with history and a future]. La Nueva (in Spanish). 15 September 2024. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  5. ↑ Daniele, Patricia (2020-07-02). "Como en Volver al Futuro, así eran estas 10 ciudades en el siglo pasado" [Just like in Back to the Future, this is what these 10 cities looked like in the last century]. Weekend (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-31. [an important urban feature of Rosario is its riverfront along the Paraná River. Its banks were reclaimed in the last decade of the 20th century thanks to the reorganization of the port and railway lands that occupied them. Starting from the city center and immediately to the north, the area along the riverfront, built under the direction of Abel Julien Pagnard, includes Urquiza Park, the National Flag Park, Spain Park, the Park of the Communities, Sunchales Park, Alem Park, and La Florida Beach.]
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