Manuscript will of Gustave Eiffel (1924)

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Testament of the creator of the great Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel, in which he makes a donation to a couple of employees.

Manuscript will of Gustave Eiffel where the engineer of the Eiffel Tower makes a donation to his gardeners. Document signed by his heirs and beneficiaries. 4 pages, the last one being blank. In French. 17.5cm x 24.5cm. Paris, February 23, 1924. Excellent condition. Single piece.

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(...) Les héritiers et représentants de Monsieur Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, en son vivant Ingénieur, Président d´Honneur de la Société Des Ingénieurs Civils de France, Officier de la Légion d´Honneur, demeurant à Paris, rue Rabelais number 1. Décédé en son domicile le vingt sept décembre mille neuf cent vingt trois(...).

(...) Observation faite qu´au terme du said testament Monsieur Eiffel a légué (...) à Mr et Madame Chelle ses jardiniers une somme de mille francs pour les dix premières années de la durée de leur service (... ).

Gustave Eiffel (1832 - 1923) was a French engineer who participated in several important constructions, the best known being the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Eiffel finished school in 1855, training as a chemical engineer; a year later, he met Charles Nepveu, a businessman specializing in metallic constructions. After acquiring a metallic construction workshop, where he developed new techniques, he designed the Eiffel Tower, which was built between 1887 and 1889.

The Eiffel Tower, located in Paris, is the symbol of France and the most visited paid monument in the world. It was designed by Gustave Eiffel to be the entrance to the Universal Exhibition of 1889.