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Introduction ...... P. 2

Eiffel Tower ...... P. 3

P. 1 Eiffel Tower Introduction The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron The tower stands 324 metres is the second-tallest structure in lattice tower located on the (1,063 ft) tall, about the same , after the Millau Viaduct. in . Built in height as an 81-storey building. The tower has three levels for 1889, it has become both a global During its construction, the Eiffel visitors. Tickets can be purchased cultural icon of France and one of Tower surpassed the Washington to ascend, by stairs or lift, to the the most recognizable structures Monument to assume the title of first and second levels. The walk in the world. The tower is the the tallest man-made structure in from ground level to the first tallest building in Paris and the the world, a title it held for 41 level is over 300 steps, as is the most-visited paid monument in years, until the Chrysler Building walk from the first to the second the world; millions of people in New York City was built in 1930. level. The third and highest level ascend it every year. Named after However, due to the addition, in is accessible only by elevator. its designer, engineer Gustave 1957, of the antenna atop the Both the first and second levels Eiffel, the tower was built as the Eiffel Tower, it is now taller than feature restaurants. entrance arch to the 1889 the Chrysler Building. Not World's Fair. including broadcast antennas, it

Timeline Of Events 1889 Thomas Edison visited the tower. 1957 The present radio antenna was added to 1910 Father Theodor Wulf measured radiant the top. energy at the top and bottom of the 1980s A restaurant and its supporting iron tower. scaffolding midway up the tower was 1912 Franz Reichelt died after jumping 60 dismantled. metres from the first deck of Eiffel 1984 Robert Moriarty flew a Beechcraft tower with his home-made . Bonanza through the arches of the 1914 A radio transmitter located in the tower tower. jammed German radio communications. 1987 A.J. Hackett made one of his first 1925 The con artist Victor Lustig "sold" the bungee jumps from the top of the Eiffel tower for scrap metal on two separate. Tower Hackett was arrested by the 1930 The tower lost the title of the world's Paris police upon reaching the ground. tallest structure. 1991 Thierry Devaux performed a series of 1925–1934 Illuminated signs for Citroën adorned acrobatic figures of bungee jump from three of the tower's four sides, making it the second floor of the Tower. the tallest advertising space in the world 1999 The Eiffel Tower played host to Paris' at the time. Millennium Celebration. 1940–1944 Upon the German occupation of Paris 2002 The tower received its 200,000,000th in 1940, the lift cables were cut by the guest. French so that Adolf Hitler would have 2004 The Eiffel Tower began hosting an ice to climb the steps to the summit. When skating rink on the first floor each visiting Paris, Hitler chose to stay on winter. the ground. It was said that Hitler conquered France, but did not conquer the Eiffel Tower. 1956 A fire damaged the top of the tower.

P. 2 Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower

In 1889, Paris hosted an Exposition Universelle (also Eiffel Tower known as World’s Fair) to mark the centenary of the French Revolution. More than 100 artists submitted competing plans for a monument to be built on the Champ-de-Mars, located in central Paris, and serve as the exposition’s entrance. The commission was granted to Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel. He and Maurice Koechlin, a structural engineer, had collaborated to build the Eiffel Tower. Its name was originated from the designer’s name, Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel.

Eiffel’s final design called for more than 18000 pieces of puddle iron, a type of  世界博覽會 wrought ironused in construction, and 2.5 million rivets. The construction started in  艾菲爾鐵塔 1887. Several hundred workers spent two  戰神廣場 years assembling the framework of the iconic lattice tower, which at its inauguration in March 1889 stood nearly 1000 feet high and was the tallest structure in the world from 1889 to 1930. Now one of the most recognizable structures on the planet, the Eiffel Tower underwent a major facelift in 1986 and is repainted every seven years. It plays an important role in television and radio broadcasts. It is considered an architectural wonder and attracts more visitors than any other paid monument in the world – an estimated seven million people per year.

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