Eiffel Touer

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Eiffel Touer
La Tour Eiffel
The Eiffel Touer as seen frae
the Champ de Mars
Record hicht
Hie-est in the warld frae 1889 tae 1930[I]
General information
KyndObservation touer,
Radio broadcastin touer
LocationParis, Fraunce
Coordinates48°51′29.6″N 2°17′40.2″E / 48.858222°N 2.294500°E / 48.858222; 2.294500
Biggin stairtit1887
Completit1889
Openin31 Mairch 1889
AwnerCeety o Paris, Fraunce
ManagementSociété d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE)
Hicht
Antenna spire324.00 m (1,063 ft)
Ruif300.65 m (986 ft)
Tap fluir273.00 m (896 ft)
Technical details
Fluir coont3
Lifts/elevators9
Design an construction
AirchitectStephen Sauvestre
Structural ingineerMaurice Koechlin,
Émile Nouguier
Main contractorCompagnie des Etablissements Eiffel
References
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Eiffel Touer

The Eiffel Touer (French: 'La Tour Eiffel', [tuʁ ɛfɛl]) is an airn lattice touer locatit on the Champ de Mars in Paris. It wis named efter the ingineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed an biggit the touer. Erectit in 1889 as the entrance airch tae the 1889 Warld's Fair, it haes acome baith a global cultural icon o Fraunce an ane o the maist recognizable structurs in the warld. The touer is the tawest structur in Paris[10] an the maist-veesitit peyed monument in the warld; 7.1 million fowk ascendit it in 2011. The touer received its 250 millionth veesitor in 2010.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Identity card of the Eiffel Tower" (in (in French)). Tour-eiffel.fr. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  2. "The documents" (in (in French)). Tour-eiffel.fr. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  3. "The structure of the Eiffel Tower and its evolution" (in (in French)). Tour-eiffel.fr. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  4. "Chronology of the main construction periods" (in (in French)). Tour-eiffel.fr. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  5. "A few statistics" (in (in French)). Tour-eiffel.fr. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  6. "Dictionary of technical terms" (in (in French)). Tour-eiffel.fr. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  7. (in French) http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/documentation/pdf/about_the%20Eiffel_Tower.pdf?id=4_11 Archived 2009-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "The Tower Operating Company" (in (in French)). Tour-eiffel.fr. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  9. "The Industrial Maintenance of the Tower" (in (in French)). Tour-eiffel.fr. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  10. "The Eiffel Tower as a World monument" (in (in French)). Tour-eiffel.fr. 2 Apryle 1996. Retrieved 24 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)