Gustave Eiffel: Design Of The Statue Of Liberty

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Eiffel was a French civil engineer from France and is famous for the design of the Eiffel Tower in Paris and his valuable contribution to the construction of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Eiffel made a name for himself by building various bridges like the Garabit viaduct in Cantal, France between 1882 and 1884.
Gustave Eiffels was born in France in the Côte-d’Or, in 1832. He attended the Collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris to prepare him for the very difficult standards set by engineering colleges in France. Due to his hard work and the mentorship received by his uncle, Jean-Baptiste Mollerat, he gained access to some of the most prestigious school. He entered Ècole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures where he specialized in chemistry and

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