Building the Eiffel Tower. Season 51 Episode 3 | 53m 29s Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions | AD CC. Explore the engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark, the tallest structure of ...

The engineers resorted to using hydraulic jacks to move each foot and mounted a unique scaffolding system, ... By the 1920s, the Eiffel Tower represented progress and modernity, ...

The Eiffel Tower has been painted 19 times since its construction to protect it from corrosion–an average of once every 7 years. From one painting to the next, the tower’s colors have changed ...