How to build the Eiffel Tower
January 31st, 02008 by Alexander Rose
Since we are hoping to build a monument of cultural significance, it was great to come across this wonderful collection of blueprints and process photos from the building of the Eiffel Tower in the 01880s. What is particularly inspiring is that they built it before widespread use of electricity, the telephone, and the automobile, making the technology used to build it little better than that of the ancient wonders (excepting steel of course).
January 31st, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Taschen publishes a great (and very large) coffee table book about the Eiffel Tower and its construction with many detailed images, drawings, and more called “La Tour De 300 Metres”: http://www.amazon.com/Tour-Eiffel-Bertrand-Lemoine/dp/382284148X
February 1st, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Here’s another web page:
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/documentation/dossiers/page/construction.html
It’s built out of puddle iron, not steel, according to Wikipedia.
April 11th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Thank-You for making this site because we are getting really good anwsers off of her that will help us with or assignment. Once again..
Thank-You
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:50 am
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