Why is the Eiffel Tower called the “Eiffel Tower”
Because it is named after one of the most influential people in it’s
construction, Gustave Eiffel. But its’ main architect was Stephen Sauvestre,
and there were around fifty other engineers, and 121 construction workers.
When was it finished being built? The Eiffel Tower
was completed on March thirty-first, eighteen eighty nine (03/31/1889). It took
about two years and two months to build. So the Eiffel Tower is one hundred and
twenty three years old as of 2012.
Did you know that one person died from constructing
the Eiffel Tower?!
How tall is it? The Eiffel Tower is approximately
984-990 (depending on the temperature) feet tall!!!!
How much does it weigh? It weighs approximately
10,000 tons, and 7.3 thousand of them are from the metal it is made out of!
The Eiffel Tower is mostly made of iron, and it is
coated with a dark brown paint. Did you know that it is repainted every seven
years? This year, (2012), it will have been painted exactly twenty three times!
What is the Eiffel Tower used for? It is famous
worldwide, and about 6.8 million people visit it every year! Over a quarter of
a billion people have visited it in its long history. The Eiffel Tower is also
used as a radio broadcasting tower and an observation tower. Not everyone knows
that it has an antenna 24 meters long!
The Eiffel Tower is so huge, it has 1665 stair steps
and 108 stories!
*I got my information at www.eiffel-tower.us/Eiffel-Tower-Facts.html
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