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Caissons sink as you dig, and the water rises

Eiffel • 2021
Caissons sink as you dig, and the water rises

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Caissons sink as you dig,
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and the water rises.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:26
Uploaded
May 20, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
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The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from Arun'...
You inject compressed air through a shaft, - Eiffel 00:08
You inject compressed air through a shaft,
You continue to dig and excavate gravel, - Eiffel 00:07
You continue to dig and excavate gravel,
This technique provides a perfectly stable anchor, - Eiffel 00:08
This technique provides a perfectly stable anchor,
Gentlemen, a model is waiting downstairs. - Eiffel 00:05
Gentlemen, a model is waiting downstairs.
You'll see the tower's resilience and strength. - Eiffel 00:04
You'll see the tower's resilience and strength.
Lightning rods penetrate the water table, and lightning has no effect. - Eiffel 00:05
Lightning rods penetrate the water table, and lightning has ...
This copper will conduct the electricity into the earth. - Eiffel 00:05
This copper will conduct the electricity into the earth.
This jet is the equivalent of 350-kilometer winds. - Eiffel 00:05
This jet is the equivalent of 350-kilometer winds.
The lattice girders were designed to give the tower - Eiffel 00:06
The lattice girders were designed to give the tower
This curvature is what absorbs the wind's cutting force. - Eiffel 00:05
This curvature is what absorbs the wind's cutting force...
All pieces will be prefabricated here in our atelier - Eiffel 00:07
All pieces will be prefabricated here in our atelier
How will you join the four legs - Eiffel 00:06
How will you join the four legs
And the trickiest part of our project. Look here. - Eiffel 00:04
And the trickiest part of our project. Look here.
Each pillar has a hydraulic jack, - Eiffel 00:06
Each pillar has a hydraulic jack,
Empty the sand above… - Eiffel 00:06
Empty the sand above…
Activate the jack below… - Eiffel 00:04
Activate the jack below…
We can adjust the horizontal and vertical planes. - Eiffel 00:04
We can adjust the horizontal and vertical planes.
When the cross-struts align, - Eiffel 00:05
When the cross-struts align,
A 300-meter guillotine to represent the Republic. - Eiffel 00:04
A 300-meter guillotine to represent the Republic.
Now this is… …remarkable. - Eiffel 00:04
Now this is… …remarkable.