Building the Eiffel Tower Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 3 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark, the tallest structure of its time.
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in 1889, 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.
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Building the Eiffel Tower Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 3 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in 1889, 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.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Narrator] An engineering icon.
- The Eiffel Tower stands today as a source of inspiration.
(inspiring music) - [Narrator] It launched the age of tall buildings.
- [Expert] It was the highest monument in the world.
- [Narrator] From obstacles... - Gustav Eiffel needs to do better, faster.
- [Narrator] To innovations... - [Expert] It's an act of pure audacity.
- [Narrator] "Building the Eiffel Tower," on Nova.
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5 things to know about the Eiffel Tower
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Did you know that the Eiffel Tower was once red? (1m 40s)
Inside the Construction of the Statue of Liberty
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The Statue of Liberty was one of the most innovative engineering feats of it’s time. (2m 59s)
The Mysterious Illness That Befell Eiffel Tower Construction Workers
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Building the massive Eiffel tower on the bank of the Seine River posed more than one challenge. (2m 50s)
Why is the Eiffel Tower Shaped Like That?
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The Eiffel Tower was a completely novel design at the time it was built. (1m 58s)
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