Eiffel Tower History
81Eiffel Tower Engineering Marvel
Eiffel Tower Is an Engineering Marvel
The Eiffel Tower is truly one of the engineering feats of the world. It is completely unique in its construction. What started out as a fair exhibit has become one of the most recognized, most photographed, and most visited structures in Europe.
Who Built the Eiffel Tower?
The Eiffel Tower is named after its designer, Alexendre-Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel was a French civil engineer, specializing in metal structures. Before the Eiffel Tower, he created the Garabit viaduct and the internal frame for the Statue of Liberty, as well as other metal structures.
Why Was the Eiffel Tower Built?
The French government held a contest for the best monument to be used as a display in the 1899 World's Fair. More than 700 monument designs were entered. Eiffel won by unanimous vote with his tower design with a latticework design.
But all Parisians did not love the Eiffel Tower. During the construction of the Eiffel Tower, a petition was distributed demanding that it be dismantled. Locals thought that the tower was an eyesore. By the time the famous tower was completed, however, Eiffel became known as the Magician of Iron.
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Eiffel Tower History
One of the feats of the Eiffel Tower was the construction process itself. The massive tower was completed much sooner than other monuments, taking two years to complete. And much less manpower was needed, only 300 steelworkers. Only one worker was killed during construction of the Eiffel Tower. According to the book "The Tallest Tower", the tragedy occurred at the beginning of the construction by a careless worker after work had ended for the day.
When construction of the Eiffel Tower was over, it was the tallest structure in the world. It held this record until 1930. Today, the Eiffel Tower is still the tallest structure in Paris. The tower now stands at 1069 feet high, which is over 100 stories tall. The Eiffel Tower's pillars correspond to the points on a compass.
The Eiffel Tower is built of almost pure structural iron. Despite the tower's size, it weighs very little. According to engineers, the Eiffel Tower weighs less than the surrounding air. This causes the Eiffel Tower to give in the wind, as much as six inches. However, it is completely safe. The Eiffel Tower is built to withstand wind speeds at more than five times the strongest winds ever known. At the top of the Eiffel Tower, the wind can gust as high as 100 miles per hour.
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Saving the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower was supposed to only be on display until 1909 and then dismantled. It was almost torn down several times before then. What saved it from complete destruction was Eiffel himself. Eiffel contacted the military and convinced them of the tower's potential to be a radio transmission tower. And the world owes him a debt for saving one of the most beautiful towers and engineering marvels ever created.
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i thought this was great help to my paper about the statue of liberty...
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Nice to know the history, very interesting...
the eiffel tower is the best I love the history about it
Great history lesson on one of the most recognizable structures in the world.
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i'm doing my paper and i just want some more facts. that would have been great
im doing a project on it to and it didnt help at all!!!!
people saying that this wasn't helpful, shut up. someone worked hard on this.. you go make a website then. thanks for the information this really helped on my isu. if you have nothing nice to say don't say it assholes.
To the commenters who are dissatisfied with the level of detail on this page:
In research, you should never expect to get everything you want to know from one source. This article has some facts you may need for your paper, but not others. Whenever you conduct research for a paper, you are probably going to need information from multiple sources.
In other words - don't be rude because you have to work a little harder to get what you need. Investigation is a skill you should want to develop, because a good investigator is nobody's fool (not the government, industry, parents, church etc.) Don't ever think one source will provide you with what you need. The source could be wrong, or worse - lying.
Back when I was learning how to research and write we didn't even have the ability to Google everything, you had to go to a *gasp* library, or *double gasp* multiple libraries!
Sorry to sound so preachy, but sheesh! Get a grip!
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Dude this wasnt the least bit helpful there is life no info here u could have just added stuff from wikipedia.........
Parts of it are helpful-others aren't
I am doing a project on parise and this was no help!
I did a hub on the eiffel tower too this week. http://festersporling1.hubpages.com/hub/Eiffel-Tow Your hub is great. :)
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Just one question, though.
Why did the government have a contest for a tower to be constructed. I kind of find it hard to believe that the government would hold a contest like that for the public, I've never seen anything like that before. Maybe you should have explained that a bit more. Anyways, thanks for the information! I didn't need this for school or anything but I just thought of why the tower was build after seeing a picture on google. It was all I needed, really, thanks again.
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For those interested in the history of la tour d’Eiffel-
A book about the history and architecture of the Eiffel Tower titled, “The Tallest Tour: Eiffel and the Belle Epoque” was written and released in 1975 and considered a classic of Eiffel literature. A revised version of the book is now being released through Unlimited Publishing, making this work by Joseph Harriss available once again. Information about the book, the author, and the release can be found at http://www.unlimitedpublishing.com/harriss/.
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