Synopsis

The groundbreaking engineering behind Paris’s celebrated monument is a story of audacious ambition. Constructed in just over two years for the 1889 World’s Fair, the iron tower not only shattered existing height records but inaugurated an era of unprecedented global construction, forever altering the skyline. The question remains: how did the engineers achieve this feat? This is the account of the innovations, triumphs, and setbacks that brought one of the world's most recognizable structures to