History of Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel) is a tall iron structure located in the city of Paris, one of the most famous symbols of France. Built by Gustavo Eiffel, the 320-meter-high, 1,050-foot tower was the tallest tower in the world for 40 years from 1889 AD. Gustavo designed the bridge for the Eiffel Railway, and he used that experience to build the tower. The tower was made up of 18,036 pieces of iron, paired with small and large structures of various shapes. 300 workers took part in this construction sacrifice.

 

Height

Antenna screw :  324.00 m (1,060 ft)

Roof:  300.65 m (986 ft)

Top floor: 276.00 m (896 ft)

 

10 September 189

Thomas Edison visited the arch. He wrote the following message and signed the inspection book: "We pay tribute to that brave founder and engineer M. Eiffel for this huge and original creation as a symbol of modern engineering who is proud and honored for all engineers including world famous engineers like Thomas Edison, Bon Dew."

 

1910

Father Theodore Wolf measured the radiated energy at the base and top of the tower, which was much higher than expected, and it was then that the cosmic ray was first discovered.

 

February 4, 1912

Franz Reichelt, a French tailor, jumped from a height of 60 meters to the Eiffel Tower with his own parachute and died.

 

1914

A radio transmitter in the tower disrupted German radio communications during The First War of Marne.

 

1925

An artist named Victor Lastig sells the tower as a piece of metal in two different but related times.

 

1930

The Eiffel Tower lost its status as the tallest structure in the world after the construction of the Chrysler Building in New York City, USA.

 

1925-1934

All three sides of the tower are illuminated for "Citroen" motor vehicles, which at the time were the highest advertising figures in the world.

 

1940-1944

In 1940, while Paris was under German rule, the French cut the wires of the tower's elevator. As a result, Adolf Hitler had to climb to the top. It was said at the time that Hitler had conquered France but not the Eiffel Tower.

 

January 3, 1956

The upper part of the tower was destroyed by fire.

 

1957

The current radio antenna is placed at the top of the tower.

 

1980

At the height of the middle of the tower, the restaurant and the iron used to make it are opened and separated. These were relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

 

There’s a secret apartment at the top.

When Gustave Eiffel designed his namesake tower, he cleverly included a private apartment for himself where he hosted famous guests, like Thomas Edison. The apartment is now open for the public to tour.

 

Hitler ordered the Eiffel Tower to be destroyed.

When Germany occupied France during the second World War, Hitler ordered that the Eiffel Tower be torn down, but the order was never followed through. French resistance fighters got their revenge, though—they cut the Tower’s elevator cables so the Nazis were forced to climb the stairs to hoist their flag.

THE PROJECT REQUIRED LOTS OF METAL (AND LOTS OF MANPOWER).

Three hundred steel workers spent two years, two months and five days, from 1887 to 1889, constructing the Tower. They used more than 18,000 individual metallic parts, 2.5 million rivets, and 40 tons of paint.