Program: NOVA | Type: Full Video | Aired: 2024-02-14
Building the Eiffel Tower
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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