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World’s tallest bridge with 2x height of Eiffel Tower closer to completion
The suspension bridge in southwestern Guizhou province is almost twice the height of the Eiffel Tower. It measures a ... an hour to a couple of minutes. China Railway Group and China Railway ...
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China unveils enormous hurricane-proof wind turbine larger than Eiffel Tower — how could technology like this affect American energy?
New Atlas gave some perspective on just how big it is, noting that the 1,115-foot turbines are taller than the Eiffel Tower ...
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15 Monumental Facts About the Eiffel Tower
2. It was designed and built by the firm Eiffel et Compagnie. The tower’s main designer was one of Eiffel’s employees, senior engineer Maurice Koechlin. Engineer Emile Nouguier and the head of ...
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World’s 6 most useless landmarks (but we love them anyway!)
Travellers love chasing famous landmarks—whether it’s the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, or the Taj Mahal. But what about the ones that make you go, “Wait… why is this even here?” ...
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5-minute listening: Victor Lustig, the con man who ‘sold’ the Eiffel Tower
He had read an article about the dreadful condition of the Eiffel Tower, which was too costly to maintain. That’s when a light bulb went off in Lustig’s head. Voice 1: Posing as a government ...