Eiffel's tower
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A concrete checklist of what happened and why it mattered: Gustave Eiffel delivers a 300‑meter iron tower in 22 months using precise factory drawings, on‑site portable forges, steam cranes and the first tower cranes, and huge caissons and 72‑foot piles for unstable foundations. The build uses 2.5 million rivets, bolts 25 feet long, and prefabrication tolerances down to tenths of a millimeter. It costs ~6 million francs, draws 1.8 million visitors in the fair, pays for itself, and keeps the height record for 41 years.
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