The Alconétar railway bridge, designed by Gustave Eiffel on the Tagus River in the province of Cáceres, was for decades the largest work that the French engineer built in Spain. With 367 meters of metal structure and about 700 tons of steel, it saved the river to allow the passage of the railway line ... Continue reading "Everyone knows the tower of Paris, but the best work of Eiffel in Spain was a railway bridge demolished 94 years ago in an Ex…
The Alconétar railway bridge, designed by Gustave Eiffel on the Tagus River in the province of Cáceres, was for decades the largest work that the French engineer built in Spain. With 367 meters of metal structure and about 700 tons of steel, it saved the river to allow the passage of the railway line ... Continue reading "Everyone knows the tower of Paris, but the best work of Eiffel in Spain was a railway bridge demolished 94 years ago in an Ex…