Eiffel Tower Biography
The iron structure was built between 1887 and 1889. It was actually built for a world's fair called
Exposition Universelle. 18,038 pieces of puddle iron, which is a very pure form of structural iron, was joined by three hundred workers, using two and a half million rivets. The tower is an open frame without any intermediate floors except the two platforms unlike modern skyscrapers and so the risk of accident was very much. The structure took more than two years to complete. During building the tower was much criticized. Newspapers of the day were filled with angry letters from the arts community of Paris. After all this the tower opened in 6 May, 1889.
Things about Eiffel Tower
Represents a new taste or consideration of beauty in architecture. The
tower attracted large crowds of visitors and brought in tourists. And
there costs helped Francis economy. During the world fair in 1889
around two million tourists came to see the Eiffel Tower. Even from the
first year of ticket sales income, The government recovered its costs
of constructing the Tower.
The tower is 320-meters long.It was the first structure to surpass 300 meters in height, and was the tallest structure in the world from 1889 to 1930). a few people thought that it would interfere with the flight of birds over Paris. But after all the tower was greatly admired by the world.
The tower is 320-meters long.It was the first structure to surpass 300 meters in height, and was the tallest structure in the world from 1889 to 1930). a few people thought that it would interfere with the flight of birds over Paris. But after all the tower was greatly admired by the world.
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