====Alexandre Gustav Eiffel==== **Born:** 1832 CE Dijon France **Deceased:** Believed dead in 1923 CE **Affiliation:** [[TheCultoftheClockworkGoddess The Cult of the Clockwork Goddess]] **Major Life Events** - 1855 CE Graduates from École Centrale des arts et Manufactures - 1858 CE Builds his first bridge in Bordeaux, France - 1866-1867 CE Universal Exhibition, Paris (with J. B. Krantz) - CE Creates the [[EiffelTowerModel model of the Eiffel Tower]] - 1875 CE Builds a railway station in Pest, Hungary - 1876 CE Designs and builds the Bon Marché Department Store, Paris (with L. C. Boileau) - 1877-1878 CE Designs and builds the Maria Pia Bridge aka the Douro Bridge over the Douro River Valley in Oporto, Portugal - 1884 CE Designs and builds the Observatory Cupola, Nice - 1885 CE Designs the metal superstructure for the Statue of Liberty, New York (sculptor, Bartholdi) - 1887 Develops the initial plans for the Panama Canal - 1889 CE Designs and supervises the construction of the Paris Exhibition Tower (aka the Eiffel Tower) Belongs to categories: AllCharacters