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CCC Library Matinee: Building the Eiffel Tower
July 23 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World’s Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. How did the engineers do it? Follow the innovations, successes and failures that made this building possible. (2024)
Bring your lunch (or not) and enjoy a fascinating film in the company of friends. The Dora Badollet Library at CCC will screen each movie twice, Tuesdays at noon and Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Each screening is about an hour long and will be held in the Library Lounge.