2. The Eiffel Tower was built for the World Exhibition in 1889, held in
celebration of the French Revolution in 1789.
The construction was only meant to last for the duration of the
Exposition, but it still stands today, despite all protests from
contemporary artists who feared the construction would be the advent
of structures without 'individuality' and despite the many people who
feared that this huge 'object' would not fit into the architecture of Paris.
Today, there is no such aversion anymore among the people that live in
Paris, and one could not imagine Paris without the Eiffel Tower, in fact it
has become the symbol of the City of Light.
Construction started: 1887
Completed :1889
Opening: 31 March 1889
3. Owner: City of Paris, France
Management: Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel
Architect: Stephen Sauvestre
Structural engineer: Maurice Koechlin,
Émile Nouguier
Main contractor: Compagnie des Establissments Eiffel
Named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
Gustave Eiffel
The man behind the Eiffel Tower was Gustave Eiffel, known from his
revolutionary bridge building techniques, as employed in the great viaduct at
Garabit in 1884. These techniques would form the basis for the construction of
the Eiffel Tower. He was also known for the construction of the Statue of
Liberty's iron framework.
The structure took more than two years to complete. Each one of the about
12,000 iron pieces were designed separately to give them exactly the shape
needed. All pieces were prefabricated and fit together using approx. 7 million
nails.
4. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889
World's Fair, it has become both a global cultural
icon of France and one of the most recognizable
structures in the world. The tower is the tallest
structure in Paris. and the most visited paid
monument in the world. The tower received its 250
millionth visitor in 2010.
5. Tallest in the world from 1889 to 1930
More than 200,000,000 people have visited the
tower since its construction in 1889, including
6,719,200 in 2006. The tower is the most-visited
paid monument in the world.The Eiffel tower is 320
meters high and weights 7000 tons. It has 1710
steps. The first floor is at 57 meters and 360 steps
from the ground, the second at 115 meters and
1060 steps from the ground. The third floor at 274
meters from the ground is only reachable by lift.
6. It was built for the Universal Exhibition of 1889, a
date that marked the centenary of the French
Revolution.From 1910 and on the Eiffel Tower
became part of the International Time Service.
French radio since 1918, and French television
since 1957 have also made use of its stature.
Today the Eiffel Tower is used as an
attraction for tourist and used for
the observing and radio
transmissions. It also serves as a
national symbol for France
7. I think the Eiffel Tower is a neat monument that I would one day
love to see one day. The Eiffel Tower is something to me that
makes Paris such a cool place to visit. I think that it would be
cool to stand at the highest part of the Eiffel Tower considering
it was the largest building on earth from 1889 to 1930. From
photos the whole concept of it sounds pretty cool and what
they put into it is awesome. Like the restaurants in it personally
I think that would quite cool because I have ate in the sky
tower but it is closer to the ground. A very cool thing about the
Eiffel Tower it that it has got a different structure to other very
tall buildings and It was only meant to stay for the world
exhibition but they kept it and I think it is a good thing for Paris
as I think if it wasn't there not as many people would go there
and it is the most visited building in the world having
200,000,000 people visit since it was built in 2008 so there is a
lot of visitors been there.
8. I thought it is cool how it weighs 7000 tones and
has over 2.5 million rivets to keep it together. The
Eiffel Tower was used to catch a top spy in world
war and that is one of the reasons they did not
knock it down because so many people found a
benefit in it so they kept it and after the permit ran
out of time they just left because the army was
finding the height of it great for radios.
