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May 6, 2024 · Nothing remotely like the Eiffel Tower had ever been built; it was twice as high as the dome of St. Peter’s in Rome or the Great Pyramid of Giza. In contrast to such older monuments, the tower was erected in only about two years (1887–89), with a small labor force, at slight cost.
Origins and Construction of the Eiffel Tower. It was for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the date that marked the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, that a great competition was launched in 1886. The first digging work started on the 26th January 1887. On the 31st March 1889, the Tower had been finished in record time – 2 years, 2 ...
It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed " La dame de fer " (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution.
Mar 4, 2020 · Why was the Eiffel Tower built? The Eiffel Tower was built to be one the main attractions at the Paris World's Fair in 1889. That year, the World's Fair covered the entire Champ de Mars in Paris and its focus was the vast constructions in iron and steel that were the great industrial advancement of that time.
Jun 13, 2011 · Several hundred workers spent two years assembling the framework of the iconic lattice tower, which at its inauguration in March 1889 stood nearly 1,000 feet high and was the tallest...
Mar 9, 2022 · Inside Its Controversial Construction. By Natasha Ishak | Edited By John Kuroski. Published March 9, 2022. Updated February 27, 2024. When the Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel in 1889, it was designed to be the main attraction of the World's Fair — but most Parisians hated it.
Eiffel et Compagnie, a firm owned by French architect and engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923), designed and constructed the iron tower for the Exposition Universelle, or World's Fair, in 1889. Portrait photograph of French engineer Gustave Eiffel, 1910 (Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
