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GUSTAVE EIFFEL AND THE PHILIPPINES
French engineer Gustave Eiffel is best known for the tower he built
for the 1889 World Exposition which, to this day, remains as the landmark that defines Paris and France. His company, the G. Eiffel et Cie and later the Société de construction de Levallois-Perret, partnered with architects world-wide to provide materials and structural design work for bridges, lighthouses, factories, gas plants, churches, and other buildings for public use like train stations. One of the most notable of such partnerships is with Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty and the interior framework was built by Eiffel.
Figure 177. Portrait of Gustave Eiffel (Bibliothèque nationale de France) 295
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