Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit Viaduct. He is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, designed by his company and built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, and his contribution to building the Statue of Liberty in New York. After his retirement from engineering, Eiffel focused on research into meteorology and aerodynamics, making significant contributions in both fields.
Eiffel in 1888, photographed by Félix Nadar
The Bordeaux bridge, Eiffel's first major work
The Budapest Nyugati railway station
The Maria Pia Bridge
École Centrale Paris was a French grande école in engineering and science. It was also known by its official name École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures. In 2015, École Centrale Paris merged with Supélec to form CentraleSupélec, a constituent college of the University of Paris-Saclay.
Gustave Eiffel, designed the Eiffel Tower and internal structure of the Statue of Liberty in New York
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