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  2. KCTV Broadcast Tower - Wikipedia

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    The vertical cantilever construction is 24.38 m wide at the base. At the time of its completion the KCTV Tower was the third tallest freestanding structure in the world behind only the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building in New York City [3] and had surpassed the Eiffel Tower by 18 feet becoming the tallest tower in the world of any ...

  3. KCTV - Wikipedia

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    The tower was originally nicknamed the "Eye-full Tower"; Kansas City's building commissioner had compared its design to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was taller than the Eiffel Tower when built, though a television antenna was later added to the Paris tower, increasing its height. [122]

  4. Eiffel Tower - Wikipedia

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    The Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest structure when completed in 1889, a distinction it retained until 1929 when the Chrysler Building in New York City was topped out. [102] The tower also lost its standing as the world's tallest tower to the Tokyo Tower in 1958 but retains its status as the tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure in France.

  5. Stephen Sauvestre - Wikipedia

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    Eiffel Tower Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 26 December 1919) was a French architect . He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower , built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris , France .

  6. There's now an Eiffel Tower in Indy on Georgia Street. Really.

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    10,000 welds. 18,000 pounds. Learn how the Latinas Welding Guild and Wilhelm Construction worked together to build a French landmark that's 100% Indy.

  7. Gheorghe Pănculescu (engineer) - Wikipedia

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    Eiffel himself documented Pănculescu's contribution in his work titled 'Communication sur les travaux de la tour de 300 m' written in 1887. [2] The same technology was used by Eiffel in building the Eiffel Tower. [3] Gheorghe Pănculescu became the General Inspector of the CFR SA, the Romanian national train operator.

  8. Palais de Chaillot - Wikipedia

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    View of the Palais de Chaillot and the Jardins du Trocadéro from the Eiffel Tower in 2015 Fountain of Warsaw, with the Palais de Chaillot in the background. The Palais de Chaillot (French pronunciation: [palɛ d(ə) ʃajo]) is a building at the top of the Chaillot hill [] in the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.

  9. Louis Didier Jousselin - Wikipedia

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    Jousselin was one of the seventy two people whom Gustav Eiffel chose as having made his achievement of building the Eiffel Tower possible. He is number 28 in this list. [6] His name is on the side opposite the Grenelle. [7] A primary school in Vienne-en-Val is named in his honour. [citation needed]