Chapter 1
The battle of the blueprints
Chapter 2
Engineering an iron giant
Chapter 3
Saved by science
Chapter 4
A global pop culture icon
YOUR GOAL
Master of The Eiffel Tower story
Ch 2 · Engineering an iron giant
diego The Eiffel Tower
Stretch to the sun, stretch to the sun, / Rising up taller in the summer heat.
diego Strict safety measures and scaffolding design resulted in an exceptionally safe construction site.
Fun Fact
Precision engineering: All of the tower's 18,038 metallic parts were designed to an accuracy of one-tenth of a millimeter before being assembled.
Glossary
puddled iron (noun)
A type of refined wrought iron produced by manually stirring molten pig iron in a furnace. Gustave Eiffel used this durable material to construct his iconic Parisian tower beginning in 1887.
A type of refined wrought iron produced by manually stirring molten pig iron in a furnace. Gustave Eiffel used this durable material to construct his iconic Parisian tower beginning in 1887.
Quiz
How many workers died as a result of on-the-job accidents during the tower's construction?