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Source/Further reading:

Official website, history: https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/the-m...

Reprinted 1986 magazine article on the tower, lots of good backstory! http://www.arthurchandler.com/paris-1...

History, overview of the tower: https://www.history.com/topics/landma...

The Tower and science: https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/the-m...

Eiffel Tower, giant radio transmitter: https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/...

Gustave Eiffel biography: https://www.biography.com/scientist/g...

Different bio on same: https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/the-m...

France Today, Eiffel and the Fair: https://www.francetoday.com/learn/boo...

Nat Geo, photos of - and trivia on - the tower: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ph...

Hitler’s order to destroy Paris: https://www.historynet.com/the-nazi-w...

1912 footage of attempted parachute jump:    • Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower: Pari...   

Original NYT article on tower’s completion: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/time...