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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was born in France, in the Côte-d'Or, the first child of Catherine-Mélanie (née Moneuse) and Alexandre Bonickhausen dit Eiffel. [6] He was a descendant of Marguerite Frédérique (née Lideriz) and Jean-René Bönickhausen, who had emigrated from the German town of Marmagen and settled in Paris at the beginning of the 19th century. [7]
La Société Aérodynamique Eiffel operates the Auteuil wind tunnel, designed in 1912 by Gustave Eiffel and listed as a Monument historique. [1]Although he was concerned about the wind resistance of structures, Gustave Eiffel did not do a great deal of work on this issue.
Eiffel Tower Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) Eiffel (French Eiffel Constructions métalliques ) is part of the Eiffage group and the descendant of the engineering company Société des Établissements Eiffel founded by Gustave Eiffel , designer of the Eiffel Tower .
François Gustave Théophile Seyrig (19 February 1843 – 5 July 1923) was a German-born French engineer, best known for designing bridges. On 6 October 1868, he founded Eiffel and Company with Gustave Eiffel. Seyrig contributed to the Eiffel and Company project to build the Maria Pia Bridge in Porto, Portugal, which was finished in 1877 ...
Much of his work was done for Gustave Eiffel's "Compagnie des établissements Eiffel", which Koechlin joined in 1879. In 1886 Maurice married Emma Rossier (1867-1965). In 1886 Maurice married Emma Rossier (1867-1965).
The project team of the Eiffel Tower. Stephen Sauvestre is left, center Gustave Eiffel. Sauvestre contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower, adding the decorative arches to the base, a glass pavilion to the first level and the cupola at the top. He also chose the color of the tower.
One of the stories says that it was completed in 1896 to be operated by the National Railroad Company. There is also a persistent legend about its origins that mentions that Gustave Eiffel, at the request of president Porfirio Díaz, designed the bridge in the 1870s. It was later adapted into a provisional vehicle bridge and eventually replaced ...
The bridge was constructed between 1882 and 1884 by Gustave Eiffel, with structural engineering by Maurice Koechlin, [1] and was opened in 1885. It is 565 m (1,854 ft) in length and has a principal arch of 165 m (541 ft) span.