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| The Eiffel Tower, rising in the sky above Paris, was built for the World’s Fair in 1889. French engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel designed it as a cross-braced latticed girder with minimum wind resistance. Constructed from over 6,300 metric tons (7,000 tons) of highest quality wrought iron, it is a masterpiece of wrought-iron technology. | ||||||
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| Architecture (building); Eiffel Tower; Modern Architecture; Eiffel, Alexandre-Gustave; France; Paris (city, France); Technology; Exhibitions and Expositions | ||||||
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