EIFFEL TOWER

General Information

➣Eiffel Tower is in the Paris capital of France.

➣ It was built between January 26, 1881 and March 31, 1889.

➣ its weight is 10,100 tons.

➣It is 300 meters high

➣The road to the summit consists of about 1665 steps.

➣The name of the designer is Gustave Eiffel

➣The name of its architect is Stephen Sauvestre.

Purpose Of Construction

➣It was built to be the gateway to the Paris Fair to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

➣Of course, when it was first made, there were difficult times. Something huge has been erected in the middle of the city and it attracts attention. There are people who admire the Eiffel as well as people who have never loved it. People think like this tower to a giant electric pole.

Little Known Information

➣3,000 workers assembled 18,038 pieces of iron with 2.5 million rivets over 26 months. Moreover, it is said that no workers were harmed during the construction time.

➣The construction costs of the tower about 8 million francs. when the time is thinking the year 1880, this is an incredible amount.

➣More than 250 million people are have visited the tower so far is thought. average 7 million people go to see Paris’ most famous tower a year.

➣The tower’s bars expand when exposed to intense sun. It shrinks in cold weather. This changes the dimensions of the tower by 20 inches. Considering the total size, a value that cannot be understood with the naked eye.

➣The Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world until the Chrysler Building in New York was built.

➣80 km electrical cables are used to supply electricity to the tower.
Yes, a village can be illuminated with this.