Eiffel Tower
Submission
1:
One
of the famous landmarks in the world is the Eiffel Tower in France; it is an iron
lattice tower which is located on the Champ de Mars in Paris and it is
considered as the tallest structure in Paris. The designer behind building the
Eiffel Tower was Alexandre
Gustave Eiffel who is known from his revolutionary bridge building techniques; as well other people in his company worked
actively on building the tower including engineers Émile Nouguier and Maurice
Koechlin, and the architect of the tower Stephen Sauvestre and Jean Compagnon
who handled construction of the superstructure. And the owner of the tower is
the city of Paris.
The purpose of building the tower was for the
International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the
French Revolution. The construction of the tower building was started in
January 1887 and structural work of the tower was finished at the end of the March
1889 which took two years and two months and five days to be completed. To
build the tower the company had cost an estimated £260,000. Until today the
Eiffel Tower is the most recognized and famous landmark in the world and
an important symbol of Paris and a main destination for tourism in France.
Submission 2:
As known the Eiffel Tower which
was built for the international exhibition of Paris in 1889 is located on the
Champ de Mars. And as mentioned the designer behind giving this name for the
tower was Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. The tower stands at 324 meters and weighs about 7300
tones which consist of about 12 thousand pieces of iron which are fitted together
by using about 7 million nails and each piece of iron was designed separately
to give the tower the shape planned by the designer and constructors. A weird
information about the tower is that it expands and contracts from the hottest
to coldest days about 15 cm because the tower undergoes thermal expansion which
is caused by the used materials in building the tower. Actually the iron that
was used to build the tower was puddled or wrought iron which is cheaper than
steel and every 7 years the iron of the tower is painted with a light shade at
the top and dark shade from the bottom to protect it at the rust. The designer was very concerned about the safety precautions
that included the guard-rails and screens and the use of movable staging which
helped to avoid problems during building the tower.
Submission 3:
For 124 years the Eiffel Tower
has been an important icon and landmark for the French in general, especially
for Paris which is a major attraction for tourists in Paris. A lot of people
from different countries in the world are visiting the tower yearly to see the
tower from the inside and at night people can see Paris from the top of the
tower. As well visitors can enjoy the lunch at 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant which
is located on the first floor of the tower. The number of people who visited
the tower from the day it opened until now is 200,000,000 visitors. The factor
that made the Eiffel Tower so important is that for 41 years it was the tallest
man made building in the world till the Chrysler Building in New York City was
built in 1930. And know it is consider the second tallest structure in Franc
after the Millau Viaduct which opened in 2004 and consider the tallest bridge
structure in the world and the highest cable stayed bridge in the world. I
visited the Eiffel Tower one year ago, in my opinion the view of Paris from the
top the tower was fantastic. I really like it and wish to visit Paris to enjoy
eating the dinner at 58 Eiffel Tower restaurant.
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