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EPISODE · Oct 3, 2019 · 26 MIN

#32 The untold story of Eiffel and his Tower

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Had its use as a gigantic 300m high radio antenna not been recognised in the early 1900s the magnificent Eiffel Tower, would have been pulled down and destroyed. Under its original contract as the wrought iron gateway to the 1889 Paris World Fair, it was only to stand for 20 years. But its creator, engineer...

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