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Building the Eiffel Tower

Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World’s 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 this building possible.
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EnglishEnglish [Audio Description]
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Pascal Cuissot
Producers
Julia CortChris SchmidtPatrice GelléSimon Kessler
Cast
Mercer Boffey
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PBS
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