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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.

Explore the engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark, the tallest structure of its time.

Building the Eiffel Tower

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At the time of its construction, the Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure ever built. That meant that the engineers had a key challenge: making sure the structure could survive the wind.

The Eiffel Tower was a completely novel design at the time it was built.

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The Eiffel Tower is an engineering icon that changed the face of the modern world.

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In 1887, the men working on the Eiffel Tower reported bleeding, difficulty breathing, and partial paralysis after being in pressurized air chambers. Today, we know this illness as the bends.

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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 one of the most famous buildings on the planet possible. (Premiered February 14, 2024 at 9 pm on PBS)

Explore the engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark, the tallest structure of its time.

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