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Building the Eiffel Tower 51 Season 3 Episode
53 min
1974
7.1
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Parisโs iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 Worldโs Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. How did the engineers do it? Follow the innovations, successes, and failures that made one of the most famous buildings on the planet possible.
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