2006-09-30 11:00:14 · 11 answers · asked by mandy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel
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2006-09-30 11:02:42 · answer #1 · answered by odu83 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Eiffel Tower. Designed by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Paris France
2006-09-30 11:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 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 11:09:08 · answer #3 · answered by mwha1369 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Eiffel Tower was designed and built to be the centerpiece of the World's Fair held in Paris in 1889. It was originally planned to be temporary but became a symbol of Paris and has been maintained ever since.
2016-03-27 00:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gustave Eiffel,
2006-09-30 18:03:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gustav Eiffel.
2006-09-30 11:04:36 · answer #6 · answered by Mila 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-30 11:07:04 · answer #7 · answered by atheistforthebirthofjesus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was designed by A,G, Eiffel..He was a French Engineer who lived from 1832-1923...It was built for the International Exposition of 1889............(984 ft.) or (300m) high
2006-09-30 11:08:53 · answer #8 · answered by mom of a boy and girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That question is right up there with "Where is the leaning tower of Pisa"?
2006-09-30 11:07:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-30 16:53:08 · answer #10 · answered by kamal k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋