Person1832 – 1923
Gustave Eiffel
French structural engineer who designed the iron framework inside the Statue of Liberty and built the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1889
French structural engineer who designed the iron framework inside the Statue of Liberty and built the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1889
The Statue of Liberty, paid for by public subscription in France to mark the centennial of American independence, was raised on an island at the mouth of New York Harbor and dedicated.
