The Shocking Story of the Eiffel Tower

From a hidden apartment in the sky to the breathtaking construction, let's uncover the story of the Eiffel Tower. For more skyscraper & megaproject content make sure to subscribe to Top Luxury!

0:00 The Shocking Story of the Eiffel Tower
0:38 Exposition Universelle 1889
3:10 Construction of the Eiffel Tower
5:01 Building the Elevators
6:10 Planned to stand for 20 years
8:14 The Secret Apartment
9:05 The Eiffel Tower during World War I
10:28 The Eiffel Tower at night
11:13 Impact Today
12:05 How long will it last?

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[MegaBuildsYT]

Have you been to the Eiffel Tower? Do you know other interesting facts about it?😊👇

[squiky]

Fun fact: Guy de Maupassant, a famous French writer, hated so much the Eiffel Tower he ate there every day and when some people asked him why does he do this his answer was:
"it's the only place from where i can't see it"


Just wanted to point that out cause i found that kind of funny
Awesome video man!

[KingDonut]

Such a cool vid. You taught me a lot about the Eiffel Tower

[vincentxie]

The Eiffel tower is truly inspirational to look at.

[andybilakshow]

Here you have a *rock solid* piece of master engineering.

[johnjeanb]

During the construction time, because two pillars were too close to the Seine river, Eiffel used "caissons" (metal large boxes) with compressed air, allowing the worker to dig under the river level (while the caisson was sunk progressively ) to reach solid ground for the foundations. Also, during the erection of the first floor, Eiffel used hydraulic pistons to adjust precisely the position of each pillar before ther could be joined by this first floor.

[williamstevens]

I was skeptical about your content, but a lot of what you teac is very informative and really helps me to add story and history to ideas or storied I create. I'm still pretty new so only a select genre of your videos will be watched by me, but keep your story story man.

[JerryFisher]

One detail of the tower that is gone today are the decorative scallops that stood on the roofline of the facade on the first level. They were very much a visual element of the 19th century and gave it a little bit of whimsy. Sadly they were removed in a shortsighted effort to "update" the tower in the 1930s when Modernist architecture was the new trendy fad.

They are a useful visual clue for Eiffel Tower collectors when they are determining an age for things like souvenir models. 

In my opinion, removing those decorative scallops was akin to removing a lacy fringe that beautified a dress. The end result would be a dress that was still graceful, but lost some of its beauty.

[adriantenbrink]

Currently sitting along the channel with the view of this beautiful monument.

[rafaelcalvinlau]

i went to Paris last year summer, the ET really need some heavy maintenance I’m not kidding

[Shadowfdath]

just the PLANNING of building something like this is INSANE let alone doing it today....but it being done 140 years ago really makes it blow my mind. 80 million wouldnt buy the rivets and elevators alone nowadays

[vinayshankaremani]

Awesome Video. I am a regular visitor to Paris and the Eiffel Tower 🗼.

[williamjones]

You can thank Marconi's radio for saving the tower. It gave the tower a reason to exist.
In 1985 I visited Paris on an American dependent tour. My sister was in Germany in the US Air Force. We got as close as the parking lot. I picked up a small rock from the parking lot and then we went on our river boat cruise. I was impressive to see even from the parking lot.

[sarahiftikhar]

Ty for posting this video like your videos ❤

[Kinglioncrown]

There really wouldn't be a Paris without the Eiffel Tower in my opinion
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[Nabhan]

Such a beautiful monument, been seeing it since I was a kid as I tend to visit Paris quite often and in-fact just came back from Paris a week ago. I used to enjoy walking under it the most but unfortunately that's been ruined with the amount of security measures that has been installed since 2016.

[daviroza]

Paris France is the best place on earth

[PhilipMurphyExtra]

If they got rid of the tower, Paris would probably not have as much tourists.

[WisdomWaves]

*0:18** i remembered the meme xD, nobody nose xD*

[LeagueofJay]

There is a really cool Eiffel Tower Lego set with 10, 000 pieces