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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel , 1832-1923, French engineer. A noted constructor of bridges and viaducts, he also designed the Eiffel Tower and the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty (see Liberty, Statue of . He was initially charged with corruption in the 1888 scandal of Ferdinand de Lesseps 's failed Panama Canal project, but was cleared of all wrongdoing by a French appeals court in 1893. Nonetheless, he withdrew from commercial life and spent the rest of his years studying aerodynamics.

Bibliography: See his The Resistance of the Air (1913, tr. 1913).

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Eiffel Tower Landmark built for the Paris Exposition (1889). Designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the iron tower rises 300m (984ft). Lifts and stairs lead to observation platforms.

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Eiffel Tower a wrought-iron structure erected in Paris for the World Exhibition of 1889, designed and built by the French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923). With a height of 300 metres (984 ft), it was the tallest man-made structure for many years.

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