2006-09-30 10:58:23 · 5 answers · asked by mandy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Height of Eiffel Tower: 300 m 984 ft (structure)
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2006-09-30 11:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by odu83 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The structure was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle, a World's Fair marking the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. It is located at geographic coordinates 48°51′29″N, 2°17′40″E. The tower was inaugurated on 31 March 1889, and opened on 6 May. Three hundred workers joined together 18,038 pieces of puddled iron (a very pure form of structural iron), using three and a half million rivets, in a structural design by Maurice Koechlin. The risk of accident was great, for unlike modern skyscrapers the tower is an open frame without any intermediate floors except the two platforms. Yet because Eiffel took good care of his workers with movable stagings, guard-rails and screens, only one man died, during the installation of Otis Elevator's lifts.
The tower was met with resistance from the public when it was built, with many calling it an eyesore (Novelist Guy de Maupassant ate at a restaurant at the tower regularly, because it was the one place in Paris he was sure he wouldn't see it). Today, it is widely considered to be one of the most striking pieces of structural art in the world.
2006-09-30 18:11:31 · answer #2 · answered by mwha1369 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
984 ft
2006-09-30 18:01:53 · answer #3 · answered by jonny w 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It All DEPENDS On the WAY you LOOK AT IT. If you look at IT from the GROUND => It Is SKY HIGH, But, If You Look At It From An Aircraft or A Space-Shuttle => It Is As SMALL As DUST.
2006-09-30 22:13:26 · answer #4 · answered by A Big Fat ZERO 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pretty damn high
2006-09-30 18:00:59 · answer #5 · answered by robyn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋