Building the Eiffel Tower
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Building the Eiffel Tower

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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.
IMDb 7.1/10202453min
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DocumentaryHistoricalSmart
IMDb 7.1/10202453min
Cast: Mercer Boffey
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Building the Eiffel Tower
DocumentaryHistoricalSmart
IMDb 7.1/10202453min
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.
Creators and Cast
Directors
Pascal Cuissot
Producers
Julia CortChris SchmidtPatrice GelléSimon Kessler
Cast
Mercer Boffey
Studio
PBS
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EnglishEnglish [Audio Description]English Dialogue Boost: MediumEnglish Dialogue Boost: High
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English [CC]
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