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By/ Mai Khaled
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The Eiffel Tower is in Europe.
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Why was the Eiffel Tower built?
Who was the genius behind it?
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Worlds Fair 1889It was built for Worlds Fair and to
celebrate the centennial of the
French Revolution.
The tower officially opened May 5,1889.
The Iron Lady was the star
attraction with 2 million visitors.
It symbolizes ideals ofingenuity,progress, and beauty.
It was the tallest structure in the
world until 1930.
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Gustave Eiffel
Born December 15, 1832, in Dijon, France
Died December 28, 1923, in Paris
An engineer, Gustave Eiffel designed100s of lattice-like metal structures of allkinds and sizes:
Bridges
Viaducts
Infrastructure of The Statueof Liberty, 1876
The Eiffel Tower, 1889, hiscrowning achievement
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Oh l l! Quelle Grandeur!
Took 2 years, 2 months, 5 days tobuild
5,300 blue prints18,038 parts
2,500,000 rivets
Weighs 10,000 tonsMeasures 324 meters high
50 engineers
125 workmen on site100 iron workers
1665 steps
Cost $1.5 million
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The Iron Lady is Kept Beautiful!We will most likely neverrealize the full importanceof painting the Tower, thatit is the essential elementin the conservation of metalworks and the more meticulousthe paint job, the longer theTower shall endure.
Gustave Eiffel
Painted every 7 years to preservethe iron and steel structure.
Takes 14 months to paint from top
to bottom.
Takes 60 tons of paint.
25 painters kept busy.
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The Iron Lady Shines for All!
1937
Andr Grasset created the largest chandelier in
the world to hang under the first platform.
1985
352 thousand watt projectors equipped with
sodium lamps lighted the tower from inside.
May, 1889Lampposts were used to illuminate the tower.
LamppostsGas - Incandescent lampsNeonSodium lampsElectricity
2000
2000 electric beams light the tower
to celebrate the new millennium!
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THE GUARDIAN OF PARIS1914 The tower radiotelegraphy centerinterceptsenemy messages.[and] the infamous Mata Harispy is caught.
1927 Lindbergh used the lighted tower to guide
him to the end of his daring voyage.
1940-45 World War II : All the elevator andelectrical cables are cut to prevent the Occupational(German) forces from using the tower.
1889-2002 Tourist attraction: The tower is themost famous monument in the world with 6 millionvisitors a year.
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Works Cited
http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Eiffel/info.html
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/home_nuit.html
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/documentation/dossiers/page/gustave eiffel.html
http://www.artday.com/http://www.artday.com/
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