However, two million people visited the Tower during the Universal Exposition. Following this incredible success, the building became a symbol of French industrial power. The Tower was as equally as successful during the Universal Exposition. Scientific experiments were conducted in the fields of astronomy and physiology but what would really save the Tower in the end was its use as a radio antenna tower, first for military communications and then for permanent, radiotelegraphy communications; in fact, the Tower served many a purpose during the First World War.
The Eiffel Tower is part of the French History. Every year approximately 7 million visitors climb the Tower. Its success is such that many countries all over the world have replicated the Tower more or less identically to the original one. Can you really imagine Paris without the Eiffel Tower? In all, the work took two years, two months and five days and the structure was christened on March 21, Upon completion, its design engineer Gustave Eiffel climbed the 1, steps of the tower to personally place a French flag at the top.
Such a tall tower has never been built before. Indeed, standing at feet high, the tower reigned for 40 years as the tallest structure in the world — until Moreover, at the time, the kind of metal structure chosen by Eiffel had only been used to build bridge piles that were far shorter. Thus the project presented a formidable architectural challenge, accompany by additional special constraints: wind resistance, project scale and the deadlines imposed by the opening date of the Universal Exposition.
It welcomes more visitors than any other paid monument in the world—an estimated 7 million people per year. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. When it opened in , the Eiffel Tower sported a In fact, the Tower, which is actually a complex of several towers and structures, was built in the latter part of the 11th century as fortress to Completed in , the towers stood at stories each, accommodating 50, workers and , daily visitors in 10 million square feet of space.
They were the hub The Woolworth Building, which towers 60 stories and feet above Broadway between Park Place and Barclay Street in downtown Manhattan, was the tallest building in the world when it was completed, in Financed in cash by the five-and-dime millionaire Frank W.
Woolworth and Tucked into the first floor of the Tower next to the gift shops, there is a tiny post office. Eiffel opened the doors of the laboratory to other scientists to use for the experiments, too, and cosmic rays were discovered there.
The massive iron structure is wind resistant and will sway during a storm. If the weather is bad enough, it can even move. French scientists and engineers working in the 19th century were not forgotten by history—not only did they lend their names to Parisian streets, but 72 of their names are also engraved on the Eiffel Tower.
The engraved tributes were covered up, but thanks to a restoration effort, they are once again visible and eagle-eyed visitors can see names like Foucault, Dumas, and Perrier cut into the iron.
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