He had to fight to keep it from being dismantled

Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel tower which was the tallest building in the world from 1189 to 1930. Only one person was killed in the construction of the tower. Eiffel also designed and built the internal skeleton for the Statue of Liberty.

(The Great Courses – The Industrial Revolution)

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