EIFFEL TOWER

FRANCE,PARIS
HISTORY
• The Eiffel Tower (/ˈaɪfəl ˈtaʊər/ 
EYE-fəl TOWR; French: La tour
Eiffel [la tuʁ‿ɛfɛl]  listen) is an 
iron lattice tower located on the
Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It
was named after the engineer 
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel,
•  The tower is the 
tallest structure in Paris 
• Erected in 1889 as the entrance
arch to the 1889 World's Fair .
• the most-visited paid monument in
the world; 6.98 million people
ascended it in 2011.
• The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft)
tall, about the same height as an 81-
storey building. Its base is square,
125 metres (410 ft) on a side.
•  The title of the 
tallest man-made structure in the
world, a title it held for 41 years.
• The tower has three levels for
visitors, with restaurants on the first
and second.
• The climb from ground level to the
first level is over 300 steps
• Although there are stairs to the third
and highest level, these are usually
closed to the public and it is generally
only accessible by lift
• The design of the Eiffel Tower was
originated by Maurice Koechlin and 
Émile Nouguier
CONSTRUCTION
• Work on the foundations started on 28 • Each of these slabs
January 1887.
•  Those for the east and south legs were supported a block built of
straightforward, each leg resting on four limestone each with an
2 m (6.6 ft) concrete slabs, one for each
of the principal girders of each leg but the inclined top to bear a
other two, being closer to the river Seine, supporting shoe for the
were more complicated.
• Work on the foundations started on 28 ironwork.
January 1887. • Each shoe was anchored
•  Those for the east and south legs were
straightforward, each leg resting on four into the stonework by a
2 m (6.6 ft) concrete slabs, one for each pair of bolts 10 cm (4 in)
of the principal girders of each leg but the
other two, being closer to the river Seine, in diameter and 7.5 m
were more complicated (25 ft) long.
DIFFERENT STAGES OF
CONSTRUCTION
IMPORTANT POINTS
• Neighborhood building-
ARCHE TRIMOPHE
CHAMPS-ELYSCES
LOUVRE MUSEUM
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRA
• The Eiffel tower was built for the 1889 world’ fair to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the French Republic.
• Alexandre Gustave Eiffel led the team the developed the plans.
He also designed the metal framework of another landmark
“The Statue of Liberty”
• Construction began in Feb 1887.
• The bass pillar are oriented with the four points of the
compass.
• Base 410ft
• 132 workers assembled 18000 parts on the site.
• 2.5 million rivets connected all the iron pieces.
• Construction time
2 years, 2 months, 5 days
• It was 1st the world’s tallest structure for 40 year until Chrysler
building in New York was built 1047ft.
• Original height of Eiffel tower 1023ft and now the current
height 1063ft
• That’s twice as high as the Pyramid at Giza.
• Total weight 10,100 tons
• Elevators travel on a curve and it is at 60* angle.
• Illumination lights were fixed in the tower.
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• The tower can sway up to 5 inches in heavy wind.
• The tower leans because of the heat from the Sun.
• The paint of the tower is been coated ever 7 years.
• Today it is a vital communication link with 120 antenna.