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One this day, December 27, 1923, Gustave Eiffel died. [View all]
You are well advised to follow the link provided by WestMichRad in reply #2. There's more there than I can say.
Wed Dec 27, 2023: One hundred years ago today, December 27, 1923, Gustave Eiffel died.
Wed Dec 27, 2023: There's an excellent article on the many contributions
Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Wed Dec 27, 2023, 11:26 AM
… of Gustave Eiffel, posted today at the DailyKos website (excerpted from a French newspaper):
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/27/2214010/-Gustave-Eiffel-dead-at-age-91
He was truly a great innovator in civil engineering.
Wed Dec 27, 2023, 11:26 AM
… of Gustave Eiffel, posted today at the DailyKos website (excerpted from a French newspaper):
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/27/2214010/-Gustave-Eiffel-dead-at-age-91
He was truly a great innovator in civil engineering.
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