| The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built beside the river | | | | problem with tall structures. But, the engineering is so |
| Seine in Paris. Originally intended as a structure to | | | | well-thought out that the strongest winds cause no |
| commemorate the French Revolution, nobody could | | | | more than five inches of deflection. |
| have guessed that 100 years later The Eiffel Tower | | | | In the beginning The Eiffel Tower met a lot of |
| would become the symbol of Paris itself. | | | | resistance, there were widespread petitions to have it |
| The Eiffel Tower has its name after the engineer | | | | torn down by some who considered it ugly and |
| Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. For two years, 1887-1889, | | | | intrusive. That might have succeeded if it hadn't been in |
| three hundred steel workers struggled to join together | | | | use as an antenna for the then-leading-edge |
| 18038 pieces of steel by using 2,5 million steel bolts. | | | | technology of telegraphy. In 1909 a permanent |
| When thinking about safety-measurements in the 19th | | | | underground radio center was built and since 1957 it's |
| century it is remarkable that only one worker died | | | | been used as a transmission tower for both FM radio |
| during the construction of the tower. | | | | and television. The tower has even been part of |
| In all they used 7300 tons of steel to form the tower's | | | | scientific research. In 1910, Wulf used it to make |
| three distinct levels. Those levels currently house two | | | | measurements that resulted in the discovery of |
| restaurants and a snackbar. Altitude 95 is one the first | | | | cosmic rays. |
| level, the Jules Verne restaurant on the second level | | | | The Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest structure until |
| and the snackbar on the third level. The Jules Verne | | | | 1930, the record was then overtaken by The Chrysler |
| Restaurant even has one star in the Michelin guide. | | | | Building in New York. |
| The Eiffel Tower is 300 metres high, without the 21 | | | | A visit to Paris is not complete without a visit to The |
| metre antenna which is mounted on the top, and in | | | | Eiffel Tower, it is a must. From the top visitors can se |
| order to get to the top visitors must climb 1665 steps. | | | | 67 km into the French landscape, it is truly a |
| The number of steps has varied over the years with | | | | remarkable sight. If it is not appealing to stand in the |
| different renovations. Luckily visitors can use one of | | | | long line , which you must do in order to enter the |
| the many elevators in order to get to the top. | | | | tower, it is very nice just to stand beside or beneath |
| By far the tallest structure in Paris, the tip may bend | | | | the tower and enjoy it. It is also a good idea to take a |
| away from the vertical by as much as 18cm (7in) due | | | | picnic in the nearby park. |
| to expansion of its 7,300 metric tons of iron because | | | | To visit the tower, take the Metro - the Paris subway - |
| of heat from the sun. Warming by the sun heats one | | | | to the Trocadero station. Then, walk from the Palais |
| side more than the other. That's all the more | | | | de Chaillot to the Seine. From there you can't miss it. |
| remarkable since wind shear is usually the major | | | | |