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TheEiffelTowerwasbuiltfortheInternati酸载onalExhibitio少也充失财奏宗级翻货nofPariso来自f1889commemoratingthecentenaryoftheFrenchRevolution.ThePrinceofWales,laterKingEdwardVIIofEngland,openedth绿齐问etower.Ofthe70型比以船笔宣烧犯0proposalss360问答ubmittedinadesigncompetition,GustaveEiffel'swasunanimouslychosen.
Howeveritwasnotaccepted感byallatfirst飞乱初灯给让民军京军,andapetitionof300names-includingthose用上安程航ofMaupassant,EmileZola,Charles并见消品式段题让坏海Garnier(王肥者似击品十architectoftheOpéraGarnier),andDumastheYounger-protesteditsconstruction.
At300metres(320.75mincluding误器纪吧商口长硫银antenna),and7000tons,itwastheworld'stallestbuildinguntil1930.Otherstatis才实完协全践工他血进助ticsinclude:
2.5力拿放millionrivets.
300steelworkers,and2years(1887-1889)toconstructit.
Swayofatmost12cminhighwinds.
H知职eightvariesupto15cmdependingontemperature.
15,000ironpieces(excludingriv诗多促ets).
40tonsofpaint.
1652stepst看由牛换等福othetop.
Itwasalmosttorndownin1909,butwass便间饭格初希回厂avedbecauseofitsantenna-usedfortelegraphyatthattime.Beginningin1910itbecamepartoftheInternationalTimeService.Frenchradio(since1918),andFrenchtelevision(since1957)havealsomadeuseofitsstature.
Duringitslifetime,theEiffelTowerhasalsowitnessedafewstrangescenes,includingbeingscaledbyamountaineerin1954,andparachutedoffofin1984bytwoEnglishmen.In1923ajournalistrodeabicycledownfromthefirstlevel.Someaccountssayherodedownthestairs,otheraccountssuggesttheexteriorofoneofthetower'sfourlegswhichslopeoutward.
However,ifitsbirthwasdifficult,itisnowcompletelyacceptedandmustbelistedasoneofthesymbolsofParisitself.
Thetowerhasthreeplatforms.Arestaurant(extremelyexpensive;reservationsabsolutelynecessary),theJulesVerneisonthesecondplatform.Thetopplatformhasabar,souvenirshop,andthe(recentlyrestored)officeofGustaveEiffel.
Fromitsplatforms-especiallythetopmost-theviewuponParisissuperb.Itisgenerallyagreedthatonehourbeforesunset,thepanoramaisatitsbest.
