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    The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris to commemorate the French Revolution. At 984 feet, it was the tallest structure in the world at the time and remained so until 1930. Constructed from 1887 to 1889 using 7,000 tons of iron and steel, it cost nearly the same as its elevator ticket sales earned in the first year, making it profitable.

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    The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris to commemorate the French Revolution. At 984 feet, it was the tallest structure in the world at the time and remained so until 1930. Constructed from 1887 to 1889 using 7,000 tons of iron and steel, it cost nearly the same as its elevator ticket sales earned in the first year, making it profitable.

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    The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris to commemorate the French Revolution. At 984 feet, it was the tallest structure in the world at the time and remained so until 1930. Constructed from 1887 to 1889 using 7,000 tons of iron and steel, it cost nearly the same as its elevator ticket sales earned in the first year, making it profitable.

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    • Eiffel tower was built for the International exhibition of Paris of 1889.

    • The Eiffel tower built in commemoration of the French Revolution was the tallest building in the
    world when it was unveiled at the Paris World's Fair in 1889. Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel's
    chocolate-brown, 984-foot open-lattice wrought-iron tower remains one of the world's premiere
    tourist attractions.
    • Elevator ticket sales in the Eiffel Tower regained almost the entire cost of the structure, in just
    one year!
    • At 300 meters (320.75 m including antenna), and 7,000 tons, it was the world's tallest building
    until 1930. Other statistics include:

    2.5 million rivets

    300 steel workers, and 2 years (1887-1889) to construct it.

    Sway of at most 12 cm in high winds.

    Height varies up to 15 cm depending on temperature.

    15, 000 iron pieces (excluding rivets). 40 tons of paint. *This is one of the tallest buildings
    in Paris, France.

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