Eiffel Tower: Winning Over a Skeptical Nation

The Eiffel Tower story

Chapter 1

The battle of the blueprints

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Chapter 2

Engineering an iron giant

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Chapter 3

Saved by science

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Chapter 4

A global pop culture icon

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YOUR GOAL

Master of The Eiffel Tower story

Ch 1 · The battle of the blueprints

diego The true minds behind the metal

diego The Battle of the Blueprints

Ditch the giant guillotine, scrap the heavy stone, the iron takes the throne!

diego The angry artists of Paris

The angry artists of Paris

diego A group of prominent French artists fiercely protested the tower's construction.

The true minds behind the metal

diego Two senior engineers in Eiffel's company actually drew the initial sketches of the tower.

Drawn to the Top

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diego Play the Eiffel Tower blueprint game. Experience the historic design battle and guide your way to the top in this interactive educational challenge.

Fun Fact

Eiffel's protest lunch: Writer Guy de Maupassant ate lunch at the tower's restaurant daily because it was the only place in Paris where he couldn't see the tower.

Glossary

blueprint (noun)
A technical photographic print of an architectural plan or engineering design used to guide construction. Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier drafted the Parisian tower's original blueprints in 1884 before selling the patent.

Gossip

Would you join the 1887 protest against the tower?

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Which two engineers from Gustave Eiffel's company drew the very first sketches of the tower?

diego A grand entrance for the world

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How did Gustave Eiffel fund the majority of the tower's massive construction costs?

diego Winning over a skeptical nation

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What historic milestone did the 1889 World's Fair in Paris celebrate?

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Which famous French writer ate lunch inside the Eiffel Tower just because he hated looking at it?

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Which architect added the ornamental arches to the base of the Eiffel Tower?

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What major global event was the Eiffel Tower built for?

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How long was the Eiffel Tower originally permitted to stand before being demolished?

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What insulting name did protesting French artists call the Eiffel Tower in their 1887 petition?