EIFFEL TOWER IS IN ROME AND IS OF IRON LATTICE. IT IS NAMED AFTER THE ENGINEER GUSTAVE WHO BUILT IT IN 1889 AS AN ENTRANCE TO THE WORLD'S FAIR. IT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STRUCTURES IN THE WORLD. IT RAISED TO 320 M HIGH AND HAS 7.1 MILLION PEOPLE ASCEND IT.
IT HAS AN ELEVATOR AND STAIRS AND IS MAINTAINED BY PARIS. IT HAS RESTAURANTS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL. IT IS DESIGNED FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR THAT WOULD CELEBRATE 100 YEARS PAST THE FRENCH REVOLUTION INITIALLY EIFFEL HIMSELF DESIGNED THEIR SCHEME AT HOME AND WITH ANOTHER ENGINEER SHOWED IT TO THEIR HEAD WHO ADDED ARCHES TO THE BASE AND A PAVILION TO THE FIRST STORY. EIFFEL GAVE A TALK ON A STUDY TO THE SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS SAYING IT WOULD SYMBOLIZE THE SCIENTIFIC MOVEMENT OF THE 19TH CENTURY. AND HE SAID IT EXPRESSED FRANCE'S GRATITUDE.
BY 1886 A BUDGET WAS PASSED AND VARIOUS OTHER PROPOSALS WERE CONSIDERED FOR THE FAIR. BUT AFTER ALL OTHERS WERE CONSIDERED IMPRACTICAL. OF COURSE SOME ARTISTS AND SCULPTURES OBJECTED TO THE DESIGN AND EIFFEL AND HIS SUPPORTERS SAID IT WILL BE SO DELICATE AND ELEGANT IN ITS STYLE THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS DISTANT FROM OTHER MONUMENTS IN PARIS. TODAY THE TOWER IS CONSIDERED A STRIKING PIECE OF STRUCTURED ART. AFTER THE TOWER SOME OF THE PROTESTERS CHANGED THEIR MINDS. THE TOWER WAS BUILT USING AIR CAISSONS TO SUPPORT THE CONCRETE SLABS. EACH OF THESE SLABS WAS 6 METERS THICK. ON TOP OF THE CONCRETE THEY BUILT PADS. THEY MADE DRAWINGS OF THE EIFFEL TOWER.
SOME OF THE PARTS WERE FOR THE TOWER ARRIVED FROM HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE FROM PARIS FACTORY. IF ANY PART OF DID NOT FIT IT WAS SENT BACK TO THE FACTORY. NO DRILLING OR SHAPING WAS DONE ON THE THE SITE. IT REQUIRED 18,000 PIECES OF IRON!
AFTER COMPLETION IN 1889 EIFFEL CELEBRATED THIS DAY BY TAKING A GROUP OF FOLKS UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWERS UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER. BY FOOT IT WAS TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR. THE LIFTS HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED UNTIL MAY. IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS WITH PUBLIC, IT WAS INTENDED TO STAY ONLY 20 YEARS. HOWEVER IT PROVED AS A VALUABLE TOWER FOR COMMUNICATION. IT JAMMED GERMAN COMMUNICATION AND PRODUCED A VICTORY AND PRODUCED A VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF MARNE.
IN 1940 GERMANS OCCUPIED PARIS DURING THE WAR AND ADOLF HITLER CLIMBED THE TOWER AND THE FRENCH CUT THE CABLES FOR THE FOR THE ELAVATOR. HITLER WANTED THE FRENCH TO DISMANTLE THE TOWER AND FRENCH CUT THE CABLES FOR THE ELEVATOR. HITLER WANTED THE FRENCH TO DISMANTLE THE TOWER. THEY DISOBEYED. THE EIFFEL TOWER HAD SEARCHLIGHTS INSTALLED BY 1999. THE LIGHT SHOW IS TODAY A NIGHTLY EVENT. IT IS A BEACON IN PARIS. IN WINTER THEY HAVE AN ICE SKATING RINK AS WELL.
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