The Eiffel Tower was built over 18 months – from August 1887 to March 1889. This time-lapse film, based on Gustave Eiffel’s hundreds of archived plans, follows the tower’s construction sequence, from foundations to cupola.
Music: Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1886
Sources
Model created in SketchUp and shared here for free download.
Or view the Eiffel Tower in virtual reality from Sketchfab
Further Reading
Gustave Eiffel’s original plans and drawings for the tower were first published in 1900 and re-published in 2008 by Taschen.
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