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Industrial Revolution and Eiffel Tower

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Industrial Revolution and Eiffel Tower Industrial Revolution was a transition from old manufacturing processes to new manufacturing processes from 1760 to around 1840. Industrial revolution started in Britain but it than it slowly spread to all over the world. Culture and technology played main part during the industrial revolution. People start to use and experiment new materials like iron, steel, petroleum, electricity, steam engine. There are also mass production of materials and goods. Architecture also changed in response to the industrial revolution. Before the industrial revolution the weight of the multistory building had to be supported by the strength of the walls and columns and the taller the building gets the more works goes into the foundation and lower sections. But when the industrial revolution started wood, brick, and stones are replaced with iron and steel. Eiffel tower was also built based on the idea of the industrial revolution, 1889. Eiffel Tower is an...