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29/12/98 |
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Gustave Alexandre Eiffel |
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| French engineer and entrepreneur responsible for the construction of bridges the world over, but most notably the famous tower bearing his name and the inner support structure of the Statue of Liberty. |
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15 December 1832 | | in |
Dijon, Côte-d'Or (21), Bourgogne, France | | Deceased on |
27 December 1923 | | in |
Paris, Ile de France, France |
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| Education
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| Studies chemistry at the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures |
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1856
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| Employee at Nepveu & Cie., Paris |
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1857 - 1864
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| Engineer for the French western railway company then chief of the construction office at Pauvels & Cie. |
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1864 - 1866
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| Studies at the Suez Canal site |
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1866
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Founds his own engineering office;
designs and builds bridges in France, Spain, Austria, Rumania, Egypt, Peru and Bolivia |
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1876 - 1879
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Bridge construction in Portugal for the Maria-Pia Bridge over the Douro in Porto;
Construction of portable truss bridges for the French colonies |
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1880
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| Bridge over the Tisza near Szeged (Hungary). |
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1880 - 1884
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| Garabit Viaduct of the Truyère River in France |
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1884
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| First studies for a 300-meter high tower |
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1885
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| Interior support structure for the Statue of Liberty |
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1889
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Completion of the Tower;
Involvement in the construction of the Panama Canal and implication in the corruption scandal sourrunding it; Eiffel is acquitted of any misconduct |
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1900 - 1920
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| Research on the wind resistance of buildings, construction of a wind tunnel |
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Eiffel, Gustave La tour de trois cents mètres, Société des Imprimeries Le Mercier, Paris (France) , 1900.
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Eiffel, Gustave La Tour Eiffel en 1900, Masson et Cie Editeurs, Librarie de l'Académie de Médecine, Paris (France) , 1902.
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Lemoine, Bertrand La tour de 300 mètres, Taschen, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 382284148X, 2006.
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Gustave Eiffel, un monumental ingénieur, in
"Viaduc Magazine", 2003, n. 1 .
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Asensio, Paco Gustave Alexandre Eiffel, teNeues, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3823855409, 2003.
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Bermond, Daniel Gustave Eiffel, Perrin, Paris (France) , ISBN 2262015155, 2002.
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Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 60-71.
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Bonillo, Jean-Lucien Les Riviera de Charles Garnier et Gustave Eiffel, Editions Imbernon, Marseilles (France) , ISBN 2951639619, 2004.
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Bussagli, Marco Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France) , ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 332-333.
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Deschodt, Eric Gustave Eiffel, Pygmalion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2857047932, 2003.
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Eiffel, Gustave La tour de trois cents mètres, Société des Imprimeries Le Mercier, Paris (France) , 1900.
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Eiffel, Gustave La Tour Eiffel en 1900, Masson et Cie Editeurs, Librarie de l'Académie de Médecine, Paris (France) , 1902.
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Lemoine, Bertrand Gustave Eiffel, Editions Hazan, Paris (France) , 1984.
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Lemoine, Bertrand Paris d'ingénieurs, Éditions du Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris (France) , ISBN 290751329X, 1995; pp. 174-5.
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Loyrette, Henri Gustave Eiffel, Payot, Paris (France) , ISBN 2228001503, 1986.
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Marrey, Bernard Eiffel, Editions Adam Biro, Paris (France) , ISBN 2876600382, 1989.
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Marrey, Bernard The extraordinary life and work of Monsieur Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who built the Statue of Liberty, the Porto Bridge, the Nice Observatory, the Garabit Viaduct, the Panama Locks, the Eiffel Tower, etc. (1st edition), Editions Graphite, Paris (France) , 1984.
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Marrey, Bernard Gustave Eiffel (2nd edition), Institute, Paris (France) , ISBN 2907904000, 1989.
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Marrey, Bernard Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles (1st edition), Picard Editeur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708404016, 1990; pp. 307.
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Martin, Peter Eiffel, CSTB, Paris (France) , ISBN 286891344X, 2007.
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Mathieu, Catherine Gustave Eiffel, Editions Skira Flammarion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2081225026, 2009.
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 161-3.
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Poncetton, François Eiffel: Le Magicien du fer, Editions de la Tournelle, Paris (France) , 1939.
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Prade, Marcel Ponts et viaducs au XIXème siècle, Poitiers (France) , 1988; pp. 95.
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Ricken, Herbert Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 214.
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Trautz, Martin Maurice Koechlin, in
"Deutsche Bauzeitung", April 2002, n. 4 v. 136 .
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