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Eiffel (French ''Eiffel Constructions métalliques'') is part of the

Eiffage Eiffage S.A. () is a French civil engineering construction company. it was the third largest company of its type in France, and the fifth largest in Europe. History The company was formed in 1992 through the merger of several long standing comp ...

group and the descendant of the engineering company Société des Établissements Eiffel founded by

Gustave Eiffel Alexandre Gustave Eiffel ( , ; Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway net ...

, designer of the

Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower ( ; ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed "''La dame de fe ...

Notable structures

Budapest-Nyugati Railway Terminal Budapest Nyugati station (, ; ), generally referred to simply as Nyugati, is one of the three main railway terminals in Budapest, Hungary. The station is on the Pest side of Budapest, accessible by the 4 and 6 tramline and the M3 metro line. ...

completed in 1877 *

Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni The Eiffel Bridge () is a bridge over the Prut, River Prut and a Moldova–Romania border crossings, checkpoint between Moldova and Romania. The bridge is located between Ungheni, Moldova and Ungheni, Iași, Ungheni, Romania. History On a ...

, completed in 1877 *

Maria Pia Bridge Maria Pia Bridge (in Portuguese ''Ponte de D. Maria Pia'', commonly known as ''Ponte de Dona Maria Pia'') is a railway bridge built in 1877 and attributed to Gustave Eiffel. It is situated between the Portuguese Northern municipalities of Porto ...

, completed in 1877 * Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World'') completed in 1878 * Garabit viaduct completed in 1884 * Colbert Bridge completed in 1888 *

completed in 1889. * Jiu Bridge, completed in 1897 * Tancarville Bridge completed in 1955. * ''

Louvre Pyramid The Louvre Pyramid () is a large glass-and-metal entrance way and skylight designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smaller pyr ...

'' completed in 1989. * Normandy bridge completed in 1995. * The Living Bridge completed 2007 *

Millau Viaduct The Millau Viaduct (, ) is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the Canyon, gorge valley of the Tarn (river), Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Region, i ...

completed in 2002. * Simone-de-Beauvoir foot bridge completed in 2006. * It assisted with the construction and support of the glass wall of

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

's Alfred Lerner Hall, the largest in

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completed in 1999.

References

External links

Eiffel website
(in French) Construction and civil engineering companies of France Gustave Eiffel Companies based in Île-de-France Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1866 French companies established in 1866 {{french-company-stub