Building the Eiffel Tower | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS

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

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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.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:21 The Original Plan of the Eiffel Tower
06:31 Building Tall Structures With Wrought Iron
12:27 Aerodynamics of the Eiffel Tower
15:17 Building the Foundation of the Eiffel Tower
23:09 Lesson Learned from Statue of Liberty Construction
28:24 Building the Platforms of the Eiffel Tower
38:00 The Elevator System of the Eiffel Tower
42:27 Various Paint Jobs of the Eiffel Tower
45:35 The Paris World’s Fair 1889
47:30 Making the Eiffel Tower a Permanent Structure
51:20 Conclusion

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