Preview: Season 51 Episode 3 | 30s | Video has closed captioning.
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in 1889, 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.
Aired: 02/14/24
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- [Narrator] An engineering icon.
- The Eiffel Tower stands today as a source of inspiration.
(inspiring music) - [Narrator] It launched the age of tall buildings.
- [Expert] It was the highest monument in the world.
- [Narrator] From obstacles... - Gustav Eiffel needs to do better, faster.
- [Narrator] To innovations... - [Expert] It's an act of pure audacity.
- [Narrator] "Building the Eiffel Tower," on Nova.
(light music) (pencil scribbling)
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