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A Revolutionary Use of Iron

The designs for the competing tower projects represented to different visions for the future: On one side, tradition, as embodied by Jules Bourdais’s stone tower in the academic style as taught at the Beaux-Arts. And on the other side, innovation, exemplified by Gustave Eiffel’s tower that used iron as not just a structural element, but as the central aesthetic.
Clip Season 21 Episode 1 Length 01:26 Premiere: 10/25/23

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Season 21 Episodes

The Princes in the Tower
S21 E3 Length 55:16 Premiere Date 11/22/23

Death in Britannia
S21 E2 Length 55:16 Premiere Date 11/01/23

Eiffel's Race to the Top
S21 E1 Length 54:46 Premiere Date 10/25/23

Preview | Eiffel's Race to the Top
Preview Length 00:32 Premiere Date 10/25/23

Gustave Eiffel’s Credentials
Clip Length 01:34 Premiere Date 10/25/23

A Revolutionary Use of Iron
Clip Length 01:26 Premiere Date 10/25/23

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Hindenburg's Fatal Flaws - S19 E5

Premiered On: 11/17/2021

A look at the science and conditions surrounding the Hindenburg explosion and 10 flaws that directly led to the 1937 disaster.

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