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- Constructed from July 1, 1887 - March 15, 1889 (2 years, 2 months and 5 days)
- Official opening: May 31, 1889
- Chief designer: Gustave Eiffel & Cie
- Engineers: Maurice Koechlin & Emile Nouguier
- Architect: Stephen Sauvestre
- Age: 119 years
- Composition: 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets
- Total weight: 10,100 tons
- Height: 324m (with flagpole)
- Numbers of visitors up to December 31, 2007: 236,445,812
- Number of steps: 1665
- Owner: City of Paris
- World's tallest building from 1889 to 1930, until it was surpassed by the Chrysler Building Endex Engineering Inc: Eiffel Tower Facts
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The Eiffel Tower was originally built for the 1889 World Fair by Gustave Eiffel. Once seen as an eyesore on the French landscape it is now known as one of the most romantic spots in the world and a symbol of Paris itself.
The Eiffel Tower was closed to all visitors on April 8, 2009, because of an employee strike, according to an anonymous Tower official. It was not clear how many of the Tower's 500+ employees were involved with the strike or what their demands were.SFGate: Eiffel Tower closes due to strike
Artist Protest
In the years preceding its construction, the tower was met with much criticism from the public, the most famous of which was the "artist protest". A protest was published in the newspaper Le Temps by several big names from the world of literature and the arts including: Charles Gounod, Guy de Maupassant, Alexandre Dumas junior, François Coppée, Leconte de Lisle, Sully Prudhomme, William Bouguereau, Ernest Meissonier, Victorien Sardou, Charles Garnie. Once the tower was finished, it received two million visitors during the World's Fair of 1889, and the criticism largely died out.Annual Usage
The tower uses 7,500,000 kilowatt hours annually, 580,000 of which are exclusively for its nightly illuminations. Its elevators travel a distance of more than 103,000 kilometers annually, two and a half times around the earth. 2 tons of paper per year are used to issue the necessary annual number of entrance tickets.
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Eiffel Tower Questions
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Which is better? Eiffel Tower or Dauphin Island? 1 AnswerWell Eiffel Tower was built but Dauphin island is nature at its best, so if you want nature then go to the Island read more -
restaurant near Eiffel tower in paris 1 AnswerThere are a couple of restaurants right under the Effile Tower.] Alttitude 95:situated at the first level of the tower. http://goparis.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/X... read more -
How to get to the Hard Rock cafe from the Eiffel Tower? 2 AnswersAccording to Google Maps... Driving directions to Hard Rock Cafe France 7.8 km – about 14 mins Tour Eiffel 75007 Paris France 1. Head northeast on Avenue Gus... read more
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Looking for a restaurant at the feet of the Eiffel Tower. Any suggestions? 1 AnswerMusee de Vin - you can taste wine and cheese there. Great place and you get some history as well for the French wine industry. read more
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SOLD and relisted on Etsy an 8x10 black and white photograph of the overview of Paris from the Eiffel Tower. http://bit.ly/8dD83C
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my teacher just informed me that the Eiffel tower looks like a large guillotine!!
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http://twitpic.com/t2350 - view of arc de triomphe from the top of eiffel tower..
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Eiffel Tower memorabilia going cheap - http://tinyurl.com/y85dzrq
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