The supporting framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel. The Statue of Liberty is hence New York's Eiffel Tower.... and now a monument: the Statue of Liberty on display in Paris before shipment:
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Gustave Eiffel was also a great bridge builder. His achievements (or those of his design office) around the world:The supporting framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel. The Statue of Liberty is hence New York's Eiffel Tower.
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To slow the German advance, I suppose. Without much success, apparently...blown up in May 1940.
Indeed! After the German breaktrough near Sedan, the Belgian army had to retire to the river Scheldt. But because of the capitulation of Holland, that line had to be abandoned soon too, because the army's left flank had become exposed. A curious detail : the bridge had been designed by a French engineer, built by a French company, and blown up by soldiers of the French Engineers Corps. After the war, a new steel bridge has been built, which still serves today.To slow the German advance, I suppose. Without much success, apparently...
id take her for a ride she'll never forgetanother classic car I like (not the colour... it looks horrible to me...)
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Neither was the Maginot Line. As I recall, the German Army just went around it.To slow the German advance, I suppose. Without much success, apparently...
I sense a bit of attitude coming from the girl.another classic car I like (not the colour... it looks horrible to me...)
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The first bridge is the Forth bridge, (or is the fourth bridge the First bridge? )A few more bridges, but not from Eiffel.
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#1 Forth BridgeThe first bridge is the Forth bridge, (or is the fourth bridge the First bridge? )
Temse, Belgium, railroad bridge over the Scheldt (350 m). Opened in 1870, blown up in May 1940.
A few more bridges, but not from Eiffel.
Pont du Gard (1st century, France): another bridge, built by Romanus Gustavus Eiffelus, Gustave Eiffel's great-great-...........grandfather!another one: the San Michele Bridge over the Adda river designed by the swiss engineer Jules Roethlisberger in 1887. Together with the bridges of Garabit, of Mungsten and the two of Porto is in the list of possible future UNESCO sites: