The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower was Named after the engineer that had the initial idea and proposal for the structure, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. He became known as an engineer for building bridges and he also constructed the armature for the statue of liberty, New York City.
The plan for this structure needed to consider many different elements that could effect its stability; Wind, height, mass etc. The requirements for the structure where also that it could be easily dismantled if necessary.
"Fifty engineers and designers produced 5,300 drawings, and over 100 workers built more than 18,000 different parts of the tower in a workshop. Another 132 workers assembled them on site."
The structure consists of 2,500,5000 rivet's and 18,038 iron parts. This iconic structure approximately weighs 10,000 tonnes, stands 324m tall and was built between 1887-1889. It is coated in roughly 40 tonnes of paint and has 1652 steps to the top. The estimated cost to build the tower is, 7,799,401.31 French gold francs of 1889.
The Eiffel Tower was built to be the arch for the Universal Exhibition, a world fair to mark the centenary of the french revolution. The tower has two restaurants, one on the first floor and one on the second .The towers use has developed over time and is now one of the most visited, paid for sites in the world. Over 200,000,000 people have visited the site since it was built. "From 1910 and on the Eiffel Tower became part of the International Time Service. French radio (since 1918), and French television (since 1957) have also made use of its stature". The first floor is also known for holding a skating rink every winter.
http://paris.eiffel-tower-faq.com/construction/
http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Landmarks/eiffel-history.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://users.stargate.net/~iacas/images/eiffel.jpg
The Eiffel tower was built to celebrate the engineering and science achievements of its age. And the significace of the design is the aritist used the great metallic struvtures and the base with the creating shadow.
ReplyDeleteThe Eiffel Tower is one of the wonders of the world today...
ReplyDeleteAt the start it faced alot of criticism and if it was'nt for the effort of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, it would have never been built.
Wow, I find it really interesting all those numbers you’ve put up there such as how many drawings they made of the tower and its iron parts. Another interesting fact is that the year it was finished (1889) happened to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Did you also know that the design of the Eiffel tower was actually just entered in a competition? Alexandre Gustav Eiffel’s design happened to win and he then became responsible for constructing the tower right in the heart of Paris. I Can’t even imagine if another design had one and been replaced instead of the Eiffel tower.
ReplyDelete"The towers use has developed over time and is now one of the most visited, paid for sites in the world. Over 200,000,000 people have visited the site since it was built." (ahem) my ideology of industrialization. Being first thought of as a commemoration icon, was later to become financial heaven.
ReplyDelete"From 1910 and on the Eiffel Tower became part of the International Time Service." The production of the Eiffel Tower was also thought to be a economic revitalize